ADCI Underwater Today
July 14, 2017
INDUSTRY NEWS
As part of its ongoing growth plans, Briggs Marine Contractors has made a six-figure investment into its diving division's capabilities with the purchase of a dual basket diver Launch and Recovery System (LARS)
Visit https://oilvoice.com/Press/6605/New-investment-increases-Briggs-Marine-Contractors-Diving-Division-capabilities to view the full article online.
A new UK-based company which aims to address the immediate and long-term skills needs of the global marine energy sector, was launched on 10th July. Headquartered in Cornwall, south-west England, UTM Consultants Ltd will leverage its extensive network together with its industry experience to source and supply the manpower solutions required to deliver complex ROV, survey, inspection, repair and maintenance projects to the oil and gas, renewable, hydrographic, marine, power and telecommunications sectors.
Visit https://www.oceannews.com/news/subsea-intervention-survey/utm-consultants-ltd-aims-to-build-subsea-talent-network to view the full article online.
Identifying new opportunities and understanding regional challenges are set to be key themes at the 2017 Subsea Asia conference and exhibition, as the call for speakers is launched. Organised by Subsea UK, Subsea Asia will run from 13-16 September alongside the Oil & Gas Indonesia 2017 conference in Jakarta.
Visit http://www.youroilandgasnews.com/overseas+opportunities+for+uk+firms+as+subsea+asia%E2%80%99s+call+for+abstracts+opens_143204.html to view the full article online.
Bluestream has secured a five-year contract plus two-year extension with ONEgas, the combined business unit of Shell UK and the Nederlandse Aardolie Maatschappij (NAM) for the gas production on the Southern North Sea. The contract is a ROV subsea structural inspection services contract and includes in total 69 of ONEgas’s offshore platforms and subsea completions in the Southern North Sea, UK and Dutch sectors. Work started immediately, after signing the contract on 24 May 2017.
Visit http://www.oedigital.com/subsea/item/15715-bluestream-inks-onegas-rov-subsea-deal to view the full article online.
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MESSAGE FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
The ADCI is soliciting comments for it upcoming revisions to the International Consensus Standards for Commercial Diving and Underwater Operations. Stakeholders are invited to provide comments for the upcoming edition 6.3.
The comment period will commence on 27 June 2017 and conclude on 24 September 2017. The following areas will be available for comment:
• General Provisions
• Diving Personnel: Medical and Training Requirements
• Diving Personnel: Responsibilities, Qualifications, and Certifications
• Diving Modes: Definitions, Requirements, and Guidelines
• Underwater Operations: Procedures, Checklists, and Guidelines
• Life Support Equipment: Inspection, Maintenance, and Testing
• Remotely Operated Vehicles (ROVs)
• Emergency Procedures, Assessments, and Reporting of Accidents
• Vessels and Floating Platforms for Diving Operations
• ADCI Compliance Audit Procedures
• Reference Materials
The comment period will commence on 27 June 2017 and conclude on 24 September 2017. The following areas will be available for comment:
• General Provisions
• Diving Personnel: Medical and Training Requirements
• Diving Personnel: Responsibilities, Qualifications, and Certifications
• Diving Modes: Definitions, Requirements, and Guidelines
• Underwater Operations: Procedures, Checklists, and Guidelines
• Life Support Equipment: Inspection, Maintenance, and Testing
• Remotely Operated Vehicles (ROVs)
• Emergency Procedures, Assessments, and Reporting of Accidents
• Vessels and Floating Platforms for Diving Operations
• ADCI Compliance Audit Procedures
• Reference Materials
Visit https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/9KRBVBP to view the full article online.
Underwater Intervention 2018 will take place February 6-8, 2018, at the Morial Convention Center in New Orleans, LA. The new website has been launched (UI 2018), and new information is being added every week. Mark your calendar now and check out the website regularly for new information and to register in September.
To exhibit at the premier industry event, make sure you reserve your exhibit space today! Many companies have already secured their exhibit space for UI 2018. So, with just over a third of the show floor remaining, companies looking to get a prime exhibit location must act now you must act now to ensure a prime location!
Click here to view the most up-to-date floor plan, or contact your UI Show Management Team at ui@naylor.com or (703) 259-6118 to reserve your space today.
SEE YOU IN NEW ORLEANS!
The new website for Underwater Intervention 2018 has officially launched and program planning for the event is underway. UI 2018 is now accepting abstracts for the program through August 1, 2017. Our Track Chairs are diligently working to compile compelling content and dynamic speakers to produce the best educational sessions possible. If you would like to contribute to the program, please submit your abstract by clicking on the Program Portal button and following the prompts.
UI 2018 is the premier event for the entire underwater operations industry. Through compelling education and thought provoking features, UI 2018 will draw the industry’s leaders from across the country and around the globe to gather for 3 days of networking, thought sharing and relationship building. Be a part of the must-attend event of the year to ensure your position in this competitive and ever-evolving industry.
SEE YOU IN NEW ORLEANS!
The Bergen International Diving Seminar 2017 will be held November 15 and 16 at the Clarion Hotel Bergen Airport. The 2017 Topic is Smarter Solutions to Address the Industry's Future. NUI will, on behalf of The Association of Operators for Hyperbaric Lifeboat Reception Facilities repeat the success by arranging the 25th Bergen International Diving Seminar.
Visit http://www.naylornetwork.com/adc-nwl/pdf/Teaser_1_ADCI_DHU.pdf to view the full article online.
The May/June issue of Underwater Magazine is online now. This issue features a primer on using social media effectively and responsibly, an article from the U.S. Navy about the recent USN Dive Manual Revision 7, the first in a series of articles about historic dive helmets, and a Q and A with Dr. Brian Bourgeois about Dysbaric Osteonecrosis. All of this and much more in the latest issue of Underwater Magazine.
Visit http://www.nxtbook.com/naylor/ADCS/ADCS0317/index.php#/0 to view the full article online.
INTERNATIONAL NEWS
Bibby Offshore, a leading subsea services provider to the oil and gas industry, has announced a multimillion pound contract with a global energy player, Maersk Oil UK, to provide both late life production enhancement and decommissioning support in the North Sea.
Visit https://www.oilfieldtechnology.com/drilling-and-production/13072017/bibby-offshore-completes-significant-decommissioning-contract-with-maersk-oil-uk/ to view the full article online.
Blackmagic Design today announced that its Micro Studio Camera 4K was chosen as part of the new EagleRay 4K underwater camera system, which is used to capture 4K footage up to 1,000 meters deep. Lee Frey, co-founder of Arctic Rays and manned submersible pilot for Alucia Productions, used the Micro Studio Camera 4K to capture footage during Antarctic expeditions for the BBC’s "Blue Planet II" and the NHK’s "Deep Ocean" series.
Visit https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/media/release/20170620-01 to view the full article online.
Talos Energy LLC ("Talos" or the "Company") as operator, together with its joint venture partners Sierra Oil and Gas S. de R.L de C.V. ("Sierra") and Premier Oil Plc ("Premier"), announces that the Zama-1 exploration well, offshore Mexico, has discovered oil. Talos holds a 35% participation interest with Sierra and Premier holding 40% and 25% participation interests, respectively.
Visit https://www.oceannews.com/news/energy/talos-energy-llc-announces-historic-oil-discovery-offshore-mexico to view the full article online.
NEW PRODUCTS AND TECHNOLOGY
Unprecedented savings have been won by Australia’s innovative subsea services company, Dive Works, for their oil and gas clients through the imaginative deployment of their Saab Seaeye Leopard electric robotic vehicle The Saab Seaeye Leopard performed seemingly impossible IRM work scope in Bass Strait, says Dive Works, which previously could only be achieved by large and expensive hydraulic systems and divers.
Visit http://www.subseauk.com/8678/saab-imaginative-dive-works-wins-big-savings-with-leopard to view the full article online.
Hydraulic cutting tools specialist, Webtool, is announcing the industry’s first battery-powered, high pressure hydraulic power pack, enabling smaller and inspection class ROVs access to the Webtool range of hydraulic wire rope and softline fibre rope cutters, at Offshore Europe 2017. In addition, the stand will feature the Webtool Cable Retrieval Tool (CRT200), developed in consultation with international certification body and classification society, DNVGL, and the Webtool portable, softline, deck emergency cutter for offshore vessels.
Visit http://www.scandoil.com/moxie-bm2/news/webtool-announces-first-electro-hydraulic-power-pa.shtml to view the full article online.