By David Wethe and Allison McNeely (Bloomberg) Offshore oil servicers are going bust at the fastest pace in three years as explorers spurn high-cost drilling to deal with a worldwide slump in commodity prices. The debacle, triggered by the pandemic-driven drop in oil prices, has already claimed...
The estimated decommissioning cost of the remaining oil and gas infrastructure in the UK Continental Shelf is continuing to reduce, according to the latest analysis by the UK Oil and Gas Authority (OGA).
This was the key message insight from the forthcoming ‘UKCS Decommissioning Cost Estimate 2019’ report, as shared by the OGA’s Head of Decommissioning, Nils Cohrs, at an Oil & Gas UK business breakfast on 27 June.
The latest analysis shows strong progress towards the shared objective of industry...
https://safety4sea.com/uk-continental-shelf-oil-and-gas-decommissioning-cost-continues-to-fall/
As the Norwegian Ministry of Petroleum and Energy announced, it submitted proposals to potentially open two areas for offshore wind development, while also looking to possibly open a third area.
Specifically, the two proposed areas are ‘Utsira Nord’ and ‘Sandskallen – Sørøya Nord’ for offshore renewables. The ministry also asks for input on whether the area “Sørlige Nordsjø II” should be opened.
Kjell-Børge Freiberg, Minister for Petroleum and Energy commented
It is now time to prepare for the...
https://safety4sea.com/norway-to-open-three-offshore-wind-areas/
The Norwegian Petroleum Safety Authority during an audit at aboard the Vesslefrikk A and Veslefrikk B platform in April resulted to twelve irregularities concerning the safety of those working onboard. The audit was conducted from 8 to 12 of April, and focused on the management of materials handling, the safe use and maintenance of lifting equipment, working environment risk and arrangements for employee participation.
Within the working environment, the objective was to verify that the...
https://safety4sea.com/norwegian-psa-notes-12-irregularities-on-equinors-platform/
The Norwegian Petroleum Safety Authority revealed irregularities on Equinor’s Sleipner A platform in the North Sea. The issues concern the working environment on the platform, as the audit resulted to long working hours, increased workloads, noise and chemicals protection.
The audit was carried out in the period 30 January to 7 February 2019.
The aim of the audit was to verify that Equinor’s management of work environment risk for its own employees and contractors was such that the personnel are...
https://safety4sea.com/sleipner-a-employees-work-long-hours-with-increased-workload-audit-finds/
As French Prime Minister, Edouard Philippe, reported France is to increase its offshore wind tendering target from 600MW annually, to 1GW until 2028, as the Dunkirk tender has shown that the costs are decreasing.
The recently released Multiannual Energy Programme (Programmation pluriannuelle de l’énergie (PPE)) has called for the tendering of around 6GW of fixed and floating offshore wind by 2028, including the ongoing Dunkirk tender.
The goal that France has now is an expected bidding rhythm of...
https://safety4sea.com/france-aims-to-1gw-annual-offshore-wind-tendering/
Following the completion of a feasibility study in 2016, the Government of Cyprus (GoC) decided to proceed with the development of a facility for the import, storage and regasification of liquefied natural gas (LNG) at a location in Vasilikos Bay, near Limassol. The GoC requires the completion of the new LNG Import Terminal by 30 November 2020.
The subject of this tender entails the design, construction and operation of (the Project):
Atlantis Shores Offshore Wind LLC signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Rutgers University to advance ocean research and monitoring that will support offshore wind development off the coast of New Jersey.
The agreement will commence this summer and will last for five years. It will help to bolster on-going efforts at the Rutgers Center for Ocean Observing Leadership (RUCOOL).
The two partners will focus on the collection and analysis of meteorological, oceanographic and marine...
https://safety4sea.com/partners-sign-mou-to-support-offshore-wind-development-off-new-jersey/
Wilhelmsen Ship Management (WSM) announced the acquisition of 50% of NorSea Wind AS and it’s subsidiaries to offer a unified and integrated solution to the renewable wind energy market. Norsea provides project management and logistics planning throughout all stages for on and offshore wind farm projects.
NorSea Wind was funded in 2016 as a subsidiary of Norsea Group.
According to Carl Schou, President and CEO of Wilhelmsen Ship Management, NorSea Wind will enable WSM to strengthen their service...
https://safety4sea.com/wilhelmsen-obtains-50-stake-in-norsea-wind/
After the Senate passed a bill to purchase 2GW of the renewable energy source, Connecticut announced that it will join New York, New Jersey and Massachusetts in constructing a $70 billion offshore industry, along the Atlantic seaboard.
According to Bloomberg, the bill was unanimously supported in the Senate, on Tuesday, June 4, and is now heading to Governor Ned Lamont. If the Senator signs it, regulators will be provided with 14 days to produce a plan to solicit bids from developers....
https://safety4sea.com/connecticut-joins-70-billion-offshore-wind-project/