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Tomorrow is the 20th anniversary of the worst offshore oil disaster.
The Piper Alpha was a North Sea oil production platform operated by Occidental Petroleum (Caledonia) Ltd. It accounted for around ten per cent of the oil and gas production from the North Sea at the time. The platform began production in 1976 first as an […]

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The shipping industry is currently the most profitable segment of the market with exploratory driling heading the way. The woldfleet of drillships alone will double in the next four years and this does not including countries with much larger plans. From seaman to CEO, if you are not connected to the offshore industry is some […]

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Stena drilling has announced plans to build an ice capable drillship. Rigzone tells us:
Stena Drilling is delighted to confirm its order for a new drillship at Samsung Shipyard in Korea at an estimated total delivery price of US $1.15 billion. The vessel will be “ice classed” with additional hull thickness. This order will bring its […]

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“The United States consumes more than 20,000,000 barrels of oil per day but has less than 2 percent of the world’s remaining oil”
This map, produced by BP’s Statistical Review division, shows countries based on known crude oil reserves. The larger the country, the more reserve capacity. The map also gives mariners working offshore an idea […]

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At times commercial interests and biological research align with stunning results. Today we look at projects underway that utilize technology employed by the oil exploration vessels to explore earth’s last frontier; the oceans.
Serpent Project is a collaboration between offshore industry companies and deep sea science interests. They tell us;
Working closely with key players in the […]

 

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OTEC, or ocean thermal energy conversion, is an energy technology that converts solar radiation to electric power. OTEC systems use the ocean’s natural thermal gradient—the fact that the ocean’s layers of water have different temperatures—to drive a power-producing cycle. As long as the temperature between the warm surface water and the cold deep water differs […]

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gCaptain received the above photo via our gCaptain Tip Line. Here is the official news on the incident from PEMEX;
MEXICO:  PEMEX confirmed that a fire occurred on the Kab 101 platform on Nov. 13.  The fire was caused by a spark generated during repair work to control the natural gas leak that began on Oct. […]

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Cargo Law brings us photos of the deadliest Gulf of Mexico offshore accident in the last 43 years; last week’s Collision of the Usumacinta MODU and the Kab 101 Light-Production rig. Bloomberg News tells us;
The collision of a Petroleos Mexicanos oil rig and a floating platform in a storm this week was the deadliest offshore […]

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This photograph was taken last year in a U.S. port… but what is it?
UPDATE: The answer can be found within the pages of the excellent website from The Colton Company or directly by clicking HERE.

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