Sentences with phrase «of offshore operations»

«This rule will likely jeopardize the safety of offshore operations,» said Lori LeBlanc, executive director of the Gulf Economic Survival Team, a Louisiana based - business group, according to Bloomberg.

Industry's commitment to improving the safety of offshore operations goes beyond setting globally accepted standards.

Digitalization of offshore operations is being widely pursued as the next frontier for efficiency gains and cost reductions.

This will make the most challenging of offshore operations, using the deep and ultra deep water rigs owned and leased by companies like SeaDrill, Transocean, Ensco and Rowan, increasingly profitable moving through 2012 and into 2013.

Not exact matches

The final turbine for the Nordsee One offshore wind farm has been installed and commercial operations are set to commence by the end of this year.

Transport and logistics group Toll Holdings has announced that its marine logistics business will focus on the offshore LNG sector, after completing the sale of several operations in northern Australia and Asia.

Aleida Rios is responsible for the safe, reliable and compliant operations on BP's four offshore platforms in the deepwater gulf, which produce 250,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day.

For example, Transocean alone operates 10 of the 60 offshore oil platforms currently in operation in Brazil.

Enter Ghosh's articulation of Husky's current post-recapitalization story and strategy, presented as focused on three growth pillars: its gas business in Southeast Asia, the jewel of which is the Liwan Gas Project in the South China Sea; a Western Canadian heavy - oil foundation, focused on the oilsands Sunrise Energy Projects; and White Rose offshore oil operations on the Atlantic coast.

This net position in turn consisted of foreign currency asset holdings equivalent to about 20 per cent of GDP, with more than three - quarters of this in the form of equity investment (including direct investment by multinational companies in their offshore operations).

NE is an offshore drilling contractor for the oil and gas industry with operations all over the world including operations in the United States, Gulf of Mexico and Alaska, Mexico, Brazil, the North Sea, the Mediterranean, West Africa, the Middle East, India, Malaysia, and Australia.

As I wrote back in August, recent studies conducted by Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) and the Information Technology and Information Foundation (ITIF) have demonstrated convincingly that blocking offshore pirate websites works in terms of changing consumer behaviour (i.e. directing consumers away from infringing content to sources of legitimate content) while at the same time not interfering with normal internet operations.

Steve Pastor, BHP's president for petroleum operations, said this week the company would consider swapping certain onshore oil and gas assets with competitors» offshore assets as part of its effort to exit U.S. shale operations.

China was said to be a dwelling to most of cryptocurrency mining operations before Beijing started discouraging it in 2017 as part of a huge crackdown on Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies though it is still unclear how much of mining activity has moved offshore or been closed down.

OKCoin's OKEx exchange remains the world's largest, just ahead of Binance, another Chinese exchange that started its operations offshore and happened to be in the right place at the right time as it capitalized off the Chinese government's trading ban.

Discover superior technology that drives new levels of efficiency and profitability in drilling and offshore operations.

[18] Tierney was left vulnerable following a scandal surrounding his wife, who pleaded guilty to helping her brother file false tax returns in connection with his operation of an illegal offshore casino.

Also at 11 a.m., Nilda Mesa, director of de Blasio's Office of Sustainability, community groups, local leaders and national organizations thank de Blasio for his 2015 commitment to power 100 percent of city government operations with renewable energy, and deliver a letter urging him to make offshore wind a significant part of achieving that goal, City Hall steps, Manhattan.

In September, the University of Delaware's Center for Carbon Free Power Integration (CCPI) reported that US offshore wind power is further away in the US from commercial - scale deployment and operation than it was in 2005.

The feat is consistent with the growth of support industries from Bonga operations which have boosted demand for a range of goods and services including offshore vessels and platforms, materials, floating hotels, helicopters and manpower, creating jobs and providing a range of training and maintenance services to the industry locally.

«Researchers will be able to make meaningful comparisons between large - scale and small - scale fisheries, nearshore and offshore fisheries, operations in industrialized countries compared to ones in developing countries, seafood aimed at export markets versus seafood primarily consumed locally, and a host of other possibilities,» said co-author Martin Smith, a professor of environmental economics at Duke University.

The Block Island Wind Project is the first commercial offshore wind farm ever built in the U.S., and the start of its operation marks the the beginning of a brand new clean energy industry in the United States.

Both the scale and cost of operations are epic — renting an offshore drill rig costs $ 500,000 or more a day — and the technological challenges are harrowing.

Some are actually run out of America and Canada but most of the time though these operations are offshore so the FBI can't get them.

The Maritime Administration (MARAD) is seeking comments on the agency's proposed policy to accept, evaluate and process license applications for the construction and operation of offshore deepwater export facilities.

The Gulf Research Program (GRP) of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine is awarding $ 10.8 million to six new projects to develop new technologies, processes, or procedures that could result in improved understanding and management of systemic risk in offshore oil and gas operations.

We've heard two contrary arguments: the first is that BP's entire offshore Gulf of Mexico operation, the largest of any company in the region, could be shut down permanently.

Here is a recent debt settlement company trade association presentation from The Association of Settlement Companies (TASC) that appears to suggest to TASC members to consider circumventing new consumer protection rules to come from the FTC by avoiding traditional phone lines, moving operations offshore like gambling and payday operations, and selling discounted medical & health products with the debt settlement sale.

While much of its current achievements have been due to strategic investments in major offshore wind farms, it is also working on incorporating solar power and other renewables directly into its operations.

«By preventing a significant number of cable failures caused by damage during manufacturing, installation and operation, we are convinced that our study will allow us to significantly reduce the levelised cost of electricity of offshore wind.»

Until the Haliade - X enters operation, however, and assuming no competitors have an ace up their sleeves, MHI Vestas will hold on to the title of world's largest wind turbine in operation and will top it themselves when it begins installing its V164 - 9.5 MW wind turbines at Belgium's Northwester 2 offshore wind farm.

I spent a part of my professional life integrating weather forecasts into offshore oil and gas operations (drilling, construction, operations).

Providence, R.I. — July 25, 2016 — Deepwater Wind will soon embark on the final stage of construction of the Block Island Wind Farm, a complex operation that will feature some of the industry's most innovative offshore wind technology and a world - class team of dozens of workers and specialists.

Under the category «Regulatory and litigation risks» the 10 - K says specifically that «changes in environmental regulations or other laws that increase our cost of compliance or reduce or delay available business opportunities (including changes in laws related to offshore drilling operations, water use, or hydraulic fracturing)» are a risk to the company's health and wellbeing.

Over his 25 - year career at Heerema, Chris was involved in all aspects of offshore oil and gas marine construction including engineering, operations, procurement, contracting, equipment management, planning, logistics, and project management.

New Bedford, Mass. — October 20, 2017 — Deepwater Wind will establish a significant construction and long - term operations hub in the City of New Bedford for its Revolution Wind project if selected by the state's utilities, the company announced today, becoming the first offshore wind developer to commit to using the City as its base.

According to WindEurope, Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy (SGRE) has far and away the most offshore wind turbines in operation — 64 % of the total.

There is excepted from the operation of sections 3 and 4 all of the oil and gas mineral rights for lands beneath the navigable waters that are located within the expanded offshore State seaward boundaries established under this Act.

SWEDEN: Vattenfall has decided to dismantle the 10MW Yttre Stengrund, its first Swedish offshore wind project, after 13 years of operation.

AWEA Offshore Compliance Recommended Practices: for design, deployment and operation of offshore wind turbines in the United States Recommended practices on the approval process for offshore wind turbines.

Regulators and the fossil fuel industry say offshore fracking operations have a good safety record and tend to be smaller in size compared to onshore operations, but environmentalists continue to worry about the chemicals used in the process because many of them are known to harm marine wildlife.

The fundamental mission of the Center for Offshore Safety is to promote continuous improvement in offshore drilling, completions and operations through effective leadership, collaboration, communication, teamwork, disciplined management systems, independent third - party auditing and certification, with a focus on company Safety and Environmental Management Systems.

These investments address a long - list of research challenges, including upgrading turbine technology for its operation at sea, developing and testing new turbine foundations that offer greater reliability and ease of installation, transmission issues, as well as technical shipping and maintenance challenges unique to offshore turbines.

She manages SEWC's programming and operations across 11 states working with a wide variety of stakeholders to promote land - based and offshore wind, wind imports, and the regions» supply chain assets.

John Lavelle, CEO of Offshore Wind at GE Renewable Energy said «The Haliade - X 12 MW will help our customers in an increasingly competitive offshore environment, and through its size and digital functionality provide important value across manufacturing, installation and operation.»

Deepwater Wind also announced that it will be the first offshore wind company to base construction and operations in the City of New Bedford, Mass..

«The final well - control rule seeks to better protect human lives and the environment from offshore oil spills by comprehensively addressing the full range of systems and processes involved in well - control operation.»

Bordering currents of up to 4 knots (4.6 mi per hr) can play havoc with offshore oil platform operations, damaging equipment and increasing the risk of accidents.

This commitment to maintaining the highest standards of operation has been recognized by developers and operators of offshore wind projects throughout the U.K. and Europe, with the business frequently named as a preferred supplier, and more than two - thirds of the fleet locked down in long - term charter agreements for 2018.

The project will generate skilled offshore wind construction and operations jobs, positioning New Jersey's workforce to build gigawatts of wind projects off New Jersey's coast and up - and - down the Atlantic coast.