The offshore safety officer role sits on a stack of separate qualifications: a statutory appointment, a professional safety certification, survival training, and medical fitness. Each comes from a different body, and a gap in any one keeps the person on the beach. By MarineCraft Journal · 21 August 2026 · 9 mins … Read more
Flying a drone legally and being accepted to inspect an asset are two different permissions, granted by two different authorities. Pilots who hold only the first keep discovering, at the gate, that it was never the qualification the job required. By MarineCraft Journal · 21 August 2026 · 9 mins read Two … Read more
The worst disaster in the history of offshore oil began with a piece of paper that was not passed on. A safety valve was removed, the permit for the job never reached the next shift, and the pump was restarted. 167 people died. The permit-to-work failures behind it recur, at smaller scale, … Read more
Equinor said on Tuesday it has agreed to buy a stake in an oil exploration licence in Namibia from a subsidiary of US energy major Chevron as the Norwegian company seeks to boost its international portfolio.The purchase of a 17.4…
Chevron said on Monday it had discovered oil and gas condensate at an exploration well in Block 0, offshore Angola, adding to its push to increase production in sub-Saharan Africa through infrastructure-led exploration.Western and southern Africa are among regions drawing…
The Marine Minerals Administration published a proposed leasing notice on August 17 for a potential critical minerals lease sale in federal waters off the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.The notice advances the leasing process by outlining potential blocks, information…
