ADCI Underwater Today

OSHA issued a press release, outlining guidance and a one-page summary alerting employers to the most commonly cited standards related to COVID-19 inspections, including Respiratory Protection, Recording and Reporting Occupational Injuries and Illnesses, Personal Protective Equipment, and the General Duty Clause. 

Oil erased losses even after the biggest weekly gain in U.S. crude stockpiles since April raised concerns about the near-term trajectory of a demand recovery.

Contractors are doing what they can now to prepare for potential slowdowns or halts to construction work. 

A terrorist attack set ablaze two oil wells at a small oilfield in northern Iraq on Wednesday, but total production at the 25,000-bpd field has not been affected, the oil ministry of OPEC’s second-largest producer said.

 

Deadline for submittal of nominations:
JANUARY 4, 2021

 

Recognizing and honoring individuals whose efforts and accomplishments have significantly contributed to commercial diving through a lifetime of dedication.
Nominees do not have to be commercial divers, but can be any individual who has been influential and who has made a significant and recognizable life-long contribution to the commercial diving community.

Deadline for submittal of nominations:
JANUARY 4, 2021
 
This year the ADCI will award 2 Scholarships at $4,000.00 each.
Eligibility
This ADCI Scholarship is open to members of the community of all ADCI voting member companies who are current and in good standing with ADCI, with the exception of officers and/or directors of the ADCI Board of Directors or their immediate families. This award is available for any institution of higher learning after high school including universities, colleges, junior colleges, vocational training schools and trade schools.

The COVID-19 pandemic hit Australia’s already declining oil and gas workforce hard, causing a loss of over 28,000 jobs this year, equivalent to a quarter of the country’s total count, a Rystad Energy analysis reveals.

Tullow Oil and partners have received extensions to Blocks 10BB and 13T exploration licenses in Kenya to the end of 2021, moving Project Oil Kenya towards a technical and commercially viable field development plan, the company said Dec. 7.

Vietnam-based Song Cam Shipyard launched the world’s first fully-electric ship-handling tug of 70 tonnes bollard pull, the Damen RSD-E Tug 2513, on December 4.

It’s like having a dysfunctional relationship. Not exactly something out of Jerry Springer, but close. You’ve had that helmet for 15 years, it leaks like you’re wearing a colander. You’re still wearing that drysuit you bought in the early 1990s and have more patching material than original suit left.