Offshore

Hurricane Response Team Monitor Oil And Gas Operators’ Activities

Offshore oil and gas operators in the Gulf of Mexico continue to restore production following Hurricane Isaac. The Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) Hurricane Response Team will continue to work with offshore operators and other state and federal agencies until operations return to normal.

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Proposed Legislation To Open South Carolina Coast To Drilling

South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham, and Third District Congressman Jeff Duncan have all spoken out in support of legislation which will open the South Carolina coast to oil and gas drilling.

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Fugro Seacore Installs Australia’s Largest Platform

Fugro Seacore (FSCL) has just completed the jacket installation works on the North Rankin B platform in Australia. Fugro Seacore designed, built and operated two large pile top drills for Heerema Marine Contractors for jacket installation work of the platform substructure.

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Preparing For Pipeline Repair Emergencies

Independent Risk Management Systems B.V. (IRM Systems) announced that pipeline operator BBL Company awarded the company a contract to produce a concept proposal that will provide a thorough assessment of the organization’s current pipeline repair contingency plans and preparedness.

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Challenging Pipeline Tie-In Off Norway

The STATS Group, has completed an 18-month design, manufacturing and installation project to enable the tie-in of a fifth pipeline on Statoil’s Troll A Platform.

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Marine Scientists Urge Government To Reassess Oil Spill Response

On the second anniversary of the Deepwater Horizon blowout, a national panel of researchers including University of Georgia marine scientist Samantha Joye has urged the federal government to reassess how it would respond to similar oil spills that might occur in the future.

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Deepwater Discoveries Expected To Drive New Permit Applications

In an interview with Pipeline & Gas Journal, Alex Alvarado, Chief of the Pipeline Section for the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement’s Gulf of Mexico regional office, talked candidly about the downward trend in pipeline construction in the Gulf and the expected reversal of this trend as a result of recent deepwater discoveries.

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U.S./Mexico Sign Trans-boundary Energy Agreement

The U.S. and Mexico have finalized an agreement to cooperate on oil and gas developments in the Gulf of Mexico.

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BW Pioneer: FPSO Begins Producing Oil And Gas In Gulf

Petrobras has begun production in the Cascade Field through the Cascade 4 well, which is connected to the FPSO BW Pioneer (a Floating, Production, Storage and Offloading vessel platform), located 160 miles off the coast of Louisiana in 2,500 meters of water in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico.

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New Deepwater Gas Pipeline Pressure Retention Concept

Det Norske Veritas (DNV) has developed a new deepwater gas pipeline concept that is designed to “significantly reduce the cost of a deep- and ultra-deepwater gas pipeline while still complying with the strictest safety and integrity regime.”

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