The United States Department of Transportation Maritime Administration (MARAD) has issued revised advisory notice 2020-016-Various-GPS Interference on multiple instances of significant GPS interference that have been reported worldwide. This interference is resulting […]
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Common industry technical specification for USBL Positioning systems
The IOGP Geomatics Committee has released Report 624-01 – Common Industry Technical Specification for the Calibration and Verification of Ultra Short Baseline (USBL) Positioning Systems. The Report has been produced by the Surveying and Positioning Subcommittee’s Ultra Short Base Line (USBL) Task Force, which consisted of professionals from oil and
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Shallow water survey operations
Members in certain areas, notably, parts of the Middle East, have suggested the possibility of IMCA guidance on shallow water surveying being developed. The Offshore Survey Division Management Committee (OSDMC) notes that there are existing resources available on this topic, which will be of use and interest to members. This
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Evaluation of public consultation on evaluating the effectiveness of the Offshore Safety Directive (OSD)
IMCA recently participated in the Public Consultation on evaluating the effectiveness of the Offshore Safety Directive (OSD). As a follow on to that, the European Commission has formally requested both qualitative and quantitative data from stakeholders in an attempt to link the data with the requisite evaluation criteria adopted by
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IMO’s work on the regulatory scoping exercise for the use of maritime autonomous ships (MASS)
IMCA would like to advise its’ members that the IMO has now agreed a Framework for the regulatory scoping exercise on Maritime Autonomous Surface Ships (MASS) which is scheduled to take place during 2019. The aim of this exercise is to determine how safe, secure and environmentally sound MASS operations
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Sustained load cracking in aluminium manufactured from aluminium alloys HE30/AA6082 and AA6351
This information note is to make members aware of IMCA Safety Flash 07/18, which is copied below. A susceptibility to sustained load cracking (SLC) has been identified in cylinders manufactured […]
IOGP Report 373-24, Geomatics Guidance Note 24 – Vertical data in oil and gas applications
The International Association of Oil & Gas Producers (IOGP) has released Geomatics Guidance Note 24 on Vertical data in oil and gas applications. This guidance note discusses issues associated with vertical Coordinate Reference Systems (CRSs), in particular those related to coordinate operations (coordinate conversions and coordinate transformations) and metadata. It is
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Consultation on an update of DMAC 12 – Safe Diving Distance from Seismic Surveying Operations – Rev 2
The latest revision of DMAC 12 – Safe Diving Distance from Seismic Surveying Operations – has been published by the independent Diving Medical Advisory Committee (DMAC) and can be freely downloaded from dmac-diving.org/guidance. […]
IOGP publishes SSDM V2 and V1.1 of P6/11 Seismic bin grid data exchange format
The International Association of Oil & Gas Producers (IOGP) has made new and recent releases of SSDM V2 and P6/11 V1.1. Please see these two news items (also published via IOGP pages: www.iogp.org/blog/category/press-releases/geomatics-press-releases), which are aimed at its stakeholders and the wider oil & gas industry, notifying us of: First,
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IOGP Report 373-23, Geomatics Guidance Note 23 – Web Mercator
The International Oil & Gas Producers Association (IOGP) has published Report 373-23, Geomatics Guidance Note 23 – Web Mercator. This guidance note aims to clarify the main issues associated with the usage of the Web Mercator Coordinate Reference System (CRS), clear up misunderstandings about what it is, and warn against
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IOGP Technical Notes on Guidelines for the conduct of offshore drilling hazard site surveys
In 2013, the International Association of Oil & Gas Producers (IOGP) published Guidelines for the conduct of offshore drilling hazard site surveys (IOGP No. 373-18-1). This describes oilfield good practice for conducting geophysical and hydrographic site surveys of proposed offshore drilling locations. IOGP’s new Technical Notes publication (IOGP No. 373-18-2)
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IOGP releases version 1.1 of P1 and P2 formats for Geophysical Position Data Exchange
The International Association of Oil and Gas Producers (IOGP) has released version 1.1 of its P1 and P2 geophysical position data exchange formats. Originally released in 2012 to replace the UKOOA P1/90 and P2/94 formats, the revised versions incorporate industry feedback from the first release and provide greater flexibility –
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HSE competency management guidelines for the geophysical industry
The International Association of Oil & Gas Producers (IOGP) has published a revised version of its HSE competency management guidelines for the geophysical industry. This revised report is intended as the geophysical industry base reference for HSE competency management and training. It has been updated significantly to provide guidance to all
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OGP Geomatics Committee releases SeabedML Application Schema
The OGP (International Association of Oil & Gas Producers) Geomatics Committee’s Seabed Survey Data Model (SSDM) Task Force has published SeabedML, the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) Geography Markup Language (GML) Application Schema for SSDM version 1. OGC GML enables open data exchange of geographical features and is particularly useful on web-enabled
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Exports of certain equipment and technology to Russia
On 31 July the Council of the European Union agreed adoption of agreed restrictive measures in view of Russia’s actions destabilising the situation in eastern Ukraine. This decision gives legal value to an agreement reached at the Committee of Permanent Representatives on Tuesday 29 July and announced by European Council President
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Offshore Survey personnel: Statistics for 2012
Originally issued with the following reference(s): IMCA C 09/13, IMCA S 05/13
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Offshore Survey Personnel: Statistics for 2011
Originally issued with the following reference(s): IMCA S 03/13
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OGP publishes revised versions of geophysical position data exchange formats – the ‘P’-formats
Originally issued with the following reference(s): IMCA S 02/13
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Diving on offshore renewable energy projects: Regulations and guidance
Originally issued with the following reference(s): IMCA SEL 11/12, IMCA C 11/12, IMCA D 03/12, IMCA M 18/12, IMCA S 06/12, IMCA R 06/12
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Competence assurance and assessment for freelance personnel
Originally issued with the following reference(s): IMCA C 05/12, IMCA S 04/12, IMCA R 04/12
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