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STC INSISO’s elevate™ Management Academy

STC INSISO’s elevate™ Management Academy   STC INSISO’s elevate™ Management Academy is a customised learning and development programme for personnel moving into more strategic business management roles across various business functions and regions. elevate™ is tailored to meet the needs of individual organisations - our training and software development specialists piece together your brand guidelines, data, and challenges to truly reflect your business s...

Training that’s better than the real thing

Training that’s better than the real thing   Imagine the scenario. It’s the dead of night. A perfect storm is raging. You need an emergency evacuation from your offshore platform via lifeboat. Scary stuff. You couldn’t possibly train for these conditions. Well actually - you can. Leading training provider, AIS Survivex has invested a six-figure-sum in the very latest lifeboat simulator technology to increase marine safety and boost competency so that lifeboat coxs...

UK North Sea Energy Review – July 2022

UK North Sea Energy Review – July 2022   Reactions to the UK windfall tax on oil and gas operators, company updates, and new field developments were the highlights in the UK North Sea oil and gas industry in June.  The Energy Profits Levy, commonly known as the windfall tax on oil and gas companies’ profits, continued to be a much debated issue in the industry, after the UK government announced at the end of May a new 25% surcharge on the extraordinary profits the...

Europe Energy Review – July 2022

Europe Energy Review – July 2022   Oil & Gas Early in June, the EU managed to overcome the Hungarian resistance and announced a ban on seaborne Russian oil imports and a ban on maritime insurance for Russian oil going to third countries. The EU has to phase out imports of seaborne crude oil and petroleum products within eight months, with a special derogation until the end of 2024 for Bulgaria due to its specific geographical exposure. Member States highly dependent on Ru...

US Energy Review – July 2022

US Energy Review – July 2022   While US consumers and the Biden Administration are reeling from record-high petrol prices, the US oil and gas industry activity is accelerating, but cost increases and worsening supply chain issues are not leaving much room for further increases in output, at least not in the short term. US petrol prices hit a record of over $5 per gallon early in June, putting pressure on the Administration to lower prices in a mid-term election year and putti...

OGV Energy's UK North Sea Energy Review - June 2022

OGV Energy's UK North Sea Energy Review - June 2022   The much debated and rumoured windfall tax on profits of oil and gas companies operating in the UK North Sea dominated the conversation in the offshore energy sector in the UK in May. The industry’s opposition to the tax, the Queen’s Speech, the energy transition, and investments and plans for North Sea resources and low-carbon energy sources also featured in the news from the sector.  After months of rumou...

Ampelmann is engineering the future of offshore access

Ampelmann is engineering the future of offshore access   As one of the early pioneers of Walk to Work (W2W), Ampelmann builds and designs gangways that provide easy, safe and efficient access to offshore structures. It’s motion compensated systems create safe working environments for personnel and increase workability by being able to withstand rough sea states. In the last fifteen years, the company has provided access to over 7.6 million workers and 18.6 million kg of cargo. W...

OGV Energy's Europe Energy Review – June 2022

OGV Energy's Europe Energy Review – June 2022   Europe’s pledge to reduce dependence on Russian oil and gas supply and additional sanctions on Putin’s regime over the war in Ukraine continued to dominate the European energy industry in May, while operators in Norway announced new projects and discoveries, and oil and gas majors signed more agreements to advance clean energy projects. Oil & Gas The European Commission officially proposed in early May a c...

OGV Energy's US Energy Review - June 2022

OGV Energy's US Energy Review - June 2022   As petrol prices in the US hit records nearly every day with the summer driving season approaching, the US Administration is looking at ways to alleviate pressure on households as all-time high petrol prices eat into real incomes while record-high diesel prices further stoke an already high inflation level, the highest in more than 40 years. While the Biden Administration is looking at various ways to help ease the highest petrol pric...

Offshore Wind Update – June 2022

Offshore Wind Update – June 2022   Last year was the best year ever for offshore wind, with a large number of new capacity installed in China and more auctions and installations in Europe and the United States. The industry has the chance to grow further this year and in the coming years and decades as Europe moves to boost renewables and displace Russian gas supply. Many countries in Europe, including the UK, have recently revised up their renewables and offshore wind targets,...

Visualising the future: challenges represent an opportunity for innovation

Visualising the future: challenges represent an opportunity for innovation   Paul Cook, Business Development Director – Renewables at Proserv emphasises that the rollout of new offshore wind developments needs to be matched by advances in operational processes. The renewables space is an exciting place to be right now. Sustainable energy is our future and the scale-up has begun in earnest. The ScotWind leasing auction earlier this year, to give just one example, epitomised th...

Operations & Maintenance

Operations & Maintenance   There can be hundreds of blades to manage across any individual wind farm, so it is crucial that the data they receive is of the highest quality and reported accurately with: Correct identification of all damage Correct classification of damage types Correct damage severity categorisation Correct sizing of defects Correct scoring, to further support repair prioritisation So, how can inspection help to ensure the integrity of blades &am...

Data-Driven Energy Transition 'Event Review'

Data-Driven Energy Transition 'Event Review'   Sword Group’s CDO Jared Owen moderated a panel at OGV Energy’s Data-Driven Energy Transition event at TECA Aberdeen last month alongside a selection of peers from the Digital sector, armed with only a box of Lego, to discuss the importance of foundational data and governance when considering a shift towards becoming a true Data-Driven Organisation. “One of the fun parts about Lego is - you can throw all your b...

Wind energy: powering the way to net zero

Wind energy: powering the way to net zero   RenewableUK speaks to Net Zero Technology Centre about the challenges we need to overcome in our fight to achieve net zero targets. In Scotland, people spend a lot of time talking about the weather. The wind blows a lot, which is a blessing in the face of climate change and the growing need for sustainability. If Scotland is to meet its net zero targets, then there is no time to waste when it comes to constructing its offshore wind infras...

PEOPLE IN ENERGY - Kimberley Wallace, Business Improvement Manager, Low-carbon Energy, Offshore Wind

PEOPLE IN ENERGY - Kimberley Wallace, Business Improvement Manager, Low-carbon Energy, Offshore Wind   Kimberley has 12 years’ experience in the energy sector and has supported oil and gas and offshore wind projects globally. She’s worked in various roles and has experience leading engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) and operations and maintenance (O&M) contracts. Kimberley’s now focused on strategic growth and is currently a Business Improvement Man...

Keeping the peace

Keeping the peace   What options are available to protect your business from environmental activists? Recent instances of environmental activists accessing business premises have focused many companies to consider what action can be taken to protect their operations, staff and property. But what legal action is available to organisations facing a protest? Taking legal action The first issue to consider is where any proceedings should be raised – the local Sheriff Court...

AFC Women Make Historic Move to Semi-Professional Status

AFC Women Make Historic Move to Semi-Professional Status   Aberdeen FC has announced that TEXO will be the Club’s new shirt sponsor for the next three seasons, starting from season 2022/23. Aberdeen FC has this morning announced a significant milestone in the Club’s history as Aberdeen FC Women prepare to become a semi-professional team. With the SPFL now taking a leading role in the development of women’s top-flight football, and with the women’s game in...

XOCEAN - Delivering carbon-neutral, economic, safe and quality ocean data to the world’s largest companies

XOCEAN - Delivering carbon-neutral, economic, safe and quality ocean data to the world’s largest companies   Using Uncrewed Surface Vessels (USVs), XOCEAN provides turnkey ocean data collection services ranging from mapping the seabed to inspecting subsea structures and monitoring the environment. XOCEAN’s USVs offer significant benefits including safety with operators remaining onshore, efficiency with 24/7 operations and environmental with ultra-low emissions which toget...

OGV Energy's Europe Energy Review – May 2022

OGV Energy's Europe Energy Review – May 2022   The European Union’s efforts to reduce its energy dependence on Russia, oil and gas developments and discoveries offshore Norway, and a number of low-carbon deals and announcements were the highlights of Europe’s energy sector in April.       Oil & Gas In response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine and in an attempt to reduce Vladimir Putin’s revenues from energy exports, the...

OGV Energy's US Energy Review – May 2022

OGV Energy's US Energy Review – May 2022   While the US Administration is releasing a record amount of crude oil from its Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) to combat the highest petrol prices in America in eight years, the US oil and gas industry is calling for long-term solutions to the economic pain at the pump and long-term energy security in which oil, gas, and petrol prices will be less dependent on the likes of Vladimir Putin and his war in Ukraine.  The US oi...
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