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Wood Bags Gippsland Basin Maintenance Deal

Rigzone: News

Wood has been contracted to deliver long-term maintenance solutions for Esso Australia-operated onshore and offshore assets in the Gippsland Basin, Victoria.

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Exprodat Releases New Analytic Software for Offshore Windfarm Design

Exprodat

It is designed to help windfarm planners streamline the complex process of offshore windfarm design (also called micro siting) in order to maximise the likely energy output produced by a design while reducing its likely operational costs.

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What It’s Like To Work On An Offshore Oil Rig

Drillers

Working on an offshore oil rig or platform is a unique experience Note: In this article, we’ll use the word ‘rig’ and ‘platform’ almost interchangeably, but a rig does the drilling, and a platform does the pumping. Offshore oil fields represent a substantial portion of the worlds total crude oil output.

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SLB Launches EWC™ Electric Well Control Technology for Cost-Efficient, Safe Drilling Operations

Egypt Oil & Gas

Traditionally, well control systems have relied on hydraulic systems, which involve a complex network of hoses, valves, and actuators, making them expensive to install and requires costly routine maintenance over their lifetime.

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Lloyd's Register, Fugro Agree Simpler USV Certification Process

Offshore Engineer

Lloyd's Register (LR) and Fugro have signed a block fee agreement to streamline the in-service certification and maintenance of Fugros growing fleet of autonomous uncrewed surface vessels (USVs)

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Corporate Protection Pipeline: Court Denies Economic Damages Based on Robins Dry Dock

The Energy Law Blog

Ownership, in either case, can be determined through possession or control, responsibility for repair, and responsibility for maintenance. 2 In re Falcon Global Offshore II , No. An important aspect of Robins Dry Dock is that the claimant must be the actual or tantamount owner of the property. 303 (1927). 21-1062, 2023 WL 7128849 (E.D.

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11th Circuit Finds Not All Disputed Medical Evidence Must be Construed in a Seaman’s Favor

The Energy Law Blog

527 (1962) requires courts hearing maintenance and cure cases to construe disputed medical evidence in the seaman’s favor. Mandara Spa (Hawaii), LLC , the appellant seaman brought claims under the Jones Act and general maritime law for failure to pay maintenance and cure related to certain bodily injuries. Atkinson , 369 U.S.