ADCI Underwater Today

January 24, 2020

Fisk Marine Insurance International, LLC
INDUSTRY NEWS

Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement Director Scott Angelle discusses its role and remit in offshore oil and gas drilling and production operations; the Well Control Rule; cyber security; and renewables.

 

Visit https://www.offshore-mag.com/regional-reports/article/14075172/innovation-collaboration-drive-regulatory-transformation to view the full article online.

 

McDermott International Inc. has the support of more than two-thirds of all its funded debt creditors for a restructuring transaction that will equitize nearly all the company’s funded debt, eliminating more than $4.6 billion of debt.

 

Visit https://www.offshore-mag.com/business-briefs/company-news/article/14075079/mcdermott-to-file-for-bankruptcy-protection to view the full article online.

 

Brian Gilvary, BP CFO, has decided to retire from the company and step down from the board on June 30, 2020. He will be succeeded by Murray Auchincloss, currently CFO of BP’s Upstream segment, who will take up the role and join the board on July 1, 2020.

 

Visit https://www.offshore-mag.com/business-briefs/people-on-the-move/article/14075050/bp-cfo-to-retire to view the full article online.

 
Chet Morrison Contractors, LLC
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Dive Commercial International, Inc.
MESSAGE FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Bridget Browne (Sponsored by Collins Engineers, Inc.)

Emma Thomas (Sponsored by Morgan City Rentals)

Visit https://www.naylornetwork.com/adc-nwl/articles/index-v5.asp?aid=599041&issueID=71521 to view the full article online.

 
Hilco Industrial
UPCOMING EVENTS
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The UI 2020 Technical Track Committee is thrilled to announce that Donna Kocak, of L3HARRIS Technologies, will be leading a group of heavy-hitter subject matter experts on disruptive developments within the underwater industry. Donna has assembled leaders within the machine learning/autonomy space to discuss state-of-the-art artificial intelligence technologies for marine applications. This panel will focus on data analytics, vehicle control technologies for semi-autonomous to fully autonomous subsea applications, and the element of “trust” for human-machine teaming. 

 

Join in this Think Tank discussion on the UI 2020 exhibit hall floor, February 4-6, 2020 in New Orleans!

Visit https://www.globreg.com/ui20/ to view the full article online.

 
INTERNATIONAL NEWS
Leviathan is Israel’s third offshore natural gas field development and the most ambitious to date for operator Noble Energy.

Visit https://www.offshore-mag.com/field-development/article/14075204/deepwater-leviathan-gas-project-secures-israels-energy-needs to view the full article online.

 
Mariner, Equinor’s first operated oil field on the UK continental shelf, began production in mid-August 2019.

Visit https://www.offshore-mag.com/field-development/article/14075202/equinor-brings-mariner-heavy-oil-field-onstream-in-the-uk-north-sea to view the full article online.

 
Forum Energy Technologies
NEW PRODUCTS AND TECHNOLOGY
Prysmian Group has secured a contract by Libra, a consortium of international oil and gas operators, for steel tube umbilicals to be installed in the Mero offshore oil field.

Visit https://subseaworldnews.com/2020/01/23/prysmian-to-supply-steel-tube-umbilicals-for-libra-mero-project/ to view the full article online.

 
Santos says the Dorado oil field development in the Bedout basin off Western Australia is progressing toward a front-end engineering design decision during 2Q.

Visit https://www.offshore-mag.com/field-development/article/14075164/phased-approach-for-dorado-oil-project-offshore-australia to view the full article online.

 
Nokia has announced that Angola Cables is trialing Nokia’s Photonic Service Engine 3 (PSE-3) chipset for the first direct optical connection between the USA and Africa.

Visit https://subseaworldnews.com/2020/01/21/nokia-angola-cables-trial-first-usa-africa-direct-optical-link/ to view the full article online.