offshore industry

BHP discovers hydrocarbons in Trinidad and Tobago

BHP, mining company and previously known as BHP Billiton, discovered hydrocarbons in its Bélé-1 exploration well located offshore Trinidad & Tobago. The Bélé-1 exploration well is located in Block 23(a), where BHP is the operator with a 70% interest.

Specifically, the company presented its operational review on Wednesday, April 17.

According to that, during March 2019, the Transocean-owned Deepwater Invictus drillship had mobilized to Trinidad and Tobago for Phase 3 of the company’s deepwater...

https://safety4sea.com/21184933-2/

European Commission funds €215 million for Baltic Pipe project

The European Commission announced that it will provide 215 million to finance part of the construction costs of the Baltic Pipe project designed to carry Norwegian gas to Danish and Polish markets. The signing ceremony took place on Monday, 15 April.

Mainly, the grant agreement was signed in the presence of Maros Šefcovic, Vice-President of the European Commission, Miguel Arias Cañete, Commissioner for Climate Action and Energy, Mateusz Morawiecki, Prime Minister of Poland and Piotr Naimski,...

https://safety4sea.com/european-commission-funds-e215-million-for-baltic-pipe-project/

Chinese jack-up launches its first wind turbine installation

Huadian Wenqiang, the Chinese self-elevating jack-up vessel, has installed its first turbine at an offshore wind project. According to Hengtong Group, the ship installed the turbine at the project site offshore Zhanjiang in the Guangdong Province on Tuesday, 9 April.

Specifically, the company noted that the construction site is placed in a typhoon-prone area, meaning complex geological sea condition, extreme working environment, limited construction surface and the dense cross operation, all of...

https://safety4sea.com/chinese-jack-up-launches-its-first-wind-turbine-installation/

Watch: Fire at Petronas results to one slight injury

An explosion at a Malaysian oil refinery that belongs to state oil firm Petronas, took place on Friday, 12 April. The company was testing its facilities ahead of planned commercial operations later this year.

The explosion and fire occurred at about 1:25 a.m. on Friday at the plant’s atmospheric residue desulphurisation unit (ARDS), which is in its commissioning stage, the company stated in a release.

Despite the fire the company noted that only one amongst the personnel sustained scratches and...

https://safety4sea.com/watch-fire-at-petronas-results-to-one-slight-injury/

US and the Netherlands sign offshore wind agreement

The Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding on offshore wind development. Dutch Consul General Dolph Hogewoning and BOEM Acting Director Walter Cruikshank signed the agreement on 8 April at the Consulate General of the Kingdom of The Netherlands in New York.

Specifically, the Netherlands and the US aspire to strengthen their partnership on offshore wind development as there are many things to be learned...

https://safety4sea.com/us-and-the-netherlands-sign-offshore-wind-agreement/

Aasta Hansteen field is shut due to investigations of gas leak

The production of Equinor’s Aasta Hasteen gas field continues being out of operation as the Norwegian authorities and Equinor investigate the cause of a gas leak, which occurred on the field the previous week. No personal injuries have been reported as a consequence of the incident. According to Equinor, the operator company, personnel were in the immediate vicinity when the leak occurred.

Specifically, the Aasta Hansteen has been in operation since December 2018.

It is the deepest field...

https://safety4sea.com/aasta-hansteen-field-is-shut-due-to-investigations-of-gas-leak/

Rhode Island funds ‘Ready 4 Offshore Wind’ project

The project called ‘Ready 4 Offshore Wind’, which is led by the US Business Network for Offshore wind, was selected to receive a part of a USD 1.6 million funding from the Rhode Island government.

Specifically, the offshore project is placed amongst 12 partnerships that were announced by the Rhode Island Department of Labor and Training (DLT) and Governor Gina M. Raimondo to receive implementation grants as part of expanding the Real Jobs Rhode Island program.

According to DLT, the offshore...

https://safety4sea.com/rhode-island-funds-ready-4-offshore-wind-project/

WIND completes cable transport deal

The Netherlands-based WIND completed the transport of high-voltage subsea cable destined to connect an undisclosed offshore wind farm in Europe to its substation. The company announced that it transferred 26km of 155kV subsea cable from China to the Port of Eemshaven, the Netherlands, and delivered it to a large European transmission system operator (TSO).

Specifically, the 2.300t cables were placed on a carousel onboard a transport ship at the factory berth of Zhongtian Technology Submarine...

https://safety4sea.com/wind-completes-cable-transport-deal/

Lebanon ‘greenlights’ 2nd offshore licensing round

Lebanon’s Council of Ministers gave the green light on the launch of the Second Offshore Licensing Round (SOLR) on April 4. The Council has invited companies to issue their bids for the available acreage. According to Petroleum-Geo Services (PGS), a Norwegian seismic company, the interested parties are to submit their applications for Blocks 1, 2, 5, 8 and 10 before the 31st January 2020.

Along with PGS being a data provider for this project, Spectrum another Norwegian seismic company informed...

https://safety4sea.com/lebanon-greenlights-2nd-offshore-licensing-round/

Shell to carry out 3D marine seismic survey off W. Australia

The Australian National Offshore Petroleum Safety and Environmental Management Authority informed that oil and gas major Shell has applied to obtain a permission to conduct a seismic survey offshore Kimberley, Australia.

Namely, Shell Australia is planning to carry out the Factory three-dimensional (3D) marine seismic survey (MSS) within the Browse and Bonaparte Basin offshore Western Australia (WA).

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The Factory 3D MSS will comprise acquisition of...

https://safety4sea.com/shell-to-carry-out-3d-marine-seismic-survey-off-w-australia/

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