Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) District Managers from the Pacific Region’s California District and the five Gulf of Mexico Region Districts met last week in New Orleans to discuss emerging and ongoing offshore operational issues. The meetings are held quarterly and involve staff from other BSEE programs and offices as well. The District […]
Rowan Companies plc, a global provider of international and domestic contract drilling services in the ultra-deepwater and shallow water jack-up market, informed, through its fleet contract status update, that Rowan Renaissance is experiencing issues with its subsea systems. The Rowan Renaissance ultra deepwater drillship began experiencing these problems on May 19, 2014. The Company is […]
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The U.S. Coast Guard announced Tuesday the publication of a final rule revising its regulations to implement Section 301 of the Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Act of 2004. This Act authorized the Commandant of the Coast Guard to waive the statutory requirement to mark sunken vessels with a light at night if the Commandant […]
Electromagnetic Geoservices ASA (EMGS) has issued Claims against each of (i) Petroleum Geo-Services ASA, (ii) PGS Exploration (UK) Limited and (iii) PGS Geophysical AS (together “PGS”) in the High Court of Justice, Patent Court, London, UK. The basis for these Claims is the evaluation by EMGS that PGS has used the Towed Streamer EM in […]
NOAA officials issued a final rule continuing protections to reduce lethal vessel collisions with the highly endangered North Atlantic right whale. The ship strike reduction rule, first implemented in 2008, requires large ships to travel at speeds of 10 knots or less seasonally, in areas where right whales feed and reproduce, as well as along […]
In a context of globalisation of trade, budget austerity and exhaustion of energy resources, maritime issues are returning to the foreground of economic and geostrategic concerns. Benefiting from the richness of its maritime space, France has a trump card to play, and the defence shipbuilding industry is at the heart of its reindustrialisation strategy. As […]
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Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) Wales Cymru’s conference attracted leading industry experts to discuss the potential for harnessing tidal energy from the Severn Estuary, Penarth Times reports. Keith Jones, director of ICE Wales Cymru was quoted as saying: “The Severn Estuary carries the potential to make a significant contribution to the UK’s energy needs and […]
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South Stream Transport has initiated two tenders, one for the supply of line pipe and another one for the construction of the South Stream Offshore Pipeline through the Black Sea. South Stream Transport identified those pipe manufacturers which are able to produce pipes according to the specific Project requirements. Several pre-qualified pipe mills from Europe, […]
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The Hydrographic Society UK has issued a call for papers to be presented at its two-day international conference on Digital Hydrography on the Maritime Web, at Southampton Solent University Conference Centre from 29-30 October. The event is supported by both the International Hydrographic Organization (IHO) and the International Federation of Hydrographic Societies (IFHS). Opening with […]
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BSEE issued in the past two weeks a total of six Incidents of Noncompliance (INCs) to four separate offshore contractors working in the Gulf of Mexico for violations of federal regulations pertaining to oil and gas operations. The contractors have 60 days to appeal the INCs. The violations will be reviewed for possible civil penalty […]
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