Offshore News

Bristow sells stake in Pan African Airlines

Bristow sells stake in Pan African Airlines

13-Jun-2011Source: HeliHub.com

In compliance with the Nigerian Oil & Gas Industry Content Development Act and the Air Operators Recertification Process of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Regulations, Bristow Group has announced the transfer of its shares in Pan African Airlines Nigeria (PAAN) Limited into Nigerian ownership. This opens the way for Pan African Airlines (Nigeria) Ltd to market... Read more

Bond Offshore Helicopters wins £50m contract

Bond Offshore Helicopters wins £50m contract

6-Jun-2011Source: Bond Offshore Helicopters

[Note: We run the press release from Bond below verbatim.  However, we have been reporting this since 1st February 2011 – see here!] Bond Offshore Helicopters, part of the Gloucestershire-based Bond Aviation Group, has won a £50m contract to supply oil and gas company Perenco with two new Agusta Westland AW139 aircrafts. Bond has been... Read more

North Sea flights cancelled due to ash cloud

North Sea flights cancelled due to ash cloud

24-May-2011Source: HeliHub.com

As a number of airlines including British Airways, Flybe and Loganair cancel flights, North Sea helicopter operators appear to be following suit.  Bond Offshore Helicopters has already cancelled return flights for BP from Aberdeen to both “Well Enhancer” and “Island Constructor”, as well as another return flight for ConocoPhilips from Aberdeen to jackup rig “Ensco... Read more

North Sea experience puts CHC on the agenda at Global Harsh Weather Summit

North Sea experience puts CHC on the agenda at Global Harsh Weather Summit

18-May-2011Source: OilVoice

Offshore helicopter services provider CHC Helicopter will share its experience of operating in the challenging North Sea oil and gas environment at a global rescue services conference in the Netherlands later this month.... Read more

Offshore helicopter safety progress headlines Oil & Gas UK seminar

Offshore helicopter safety progress headlines Oil & Gas UK seminar

18-May-2011Source: Oil & Gas UK

Oil & Gas UK is to host a one-day seminar with the aim of bringing together leading figures in the oil and gas and aviation industries to discuss offshore helicopter safety. The event, which is sponsored by Aker Solutions, is the sixth annual Aviation Seminar organised by Oil & Gas UK and will feature a... Read more

Bond Offshore Helicopters register second AW139

Bond Offshore Helicopters register second AW139

13-May-2011Source: HeliHub.com

The second AW139 for Bond Offshore Helicopters is now registered in the UK as G-PERB.  This is the second aircraft for operations on the Southern North Sea for Perenco, and will be based at Norwich.  There are reports of Bond acquiring a total of four AW139s, two leased from Era Helicopters – these first two... Read more

Bristow Group report Q4 and full year to 31 March 2011

Bristow Group report Q4 and full year to 31 March 2011

11-May-2011Source: Bristow Group

Bristow Group Inc. (NYSE: BRS) today reported adjusted net income, excluding special items, for the fourth quarter ended March 31, 2011 of $37.0 million, or $1.00 per diluted share, compared to $26.6 million, or $0.73 per diluted share in the same period a year ago. GAAP net income for the fourth quarter was$30.9 million, or $0.84 per diluted share. The quarter benefited from operating improvement... Read more

PHi announces results for Q1 ending 31 March 2011

PHi announces results for Q1 ending 31 March 2011

10-May-2011Source: PHi

PHI, Inc. (“PHI”) (The Nasdaq Global Market: PHII (voting) PHIIK (non-voting)) today reported financial results for the quarter ended March 31, 2011. Oil and Gas segment revenues for the quarter ended March 31, 2011 were $77.5 million, and operating income for the segment was $7.0 million, compared to revenues of $84.9 million and operating income... Read more

Imenco awarded North Sea helicopter refuelling contract

Imenco awarded North Sea helicopter refuelling contract

9-May-2011Source: Imenco

The contract is for a new Helicopter Refueling System at Greater Ekofisk Area 2/4, as the platform will have the busiest Helicopter traffic in the North Sea. The contract will include delivery of a Dispenser Unit, Defueling Unit, Storage Skid, Sample Skid, Laydown Skid, Pump Unit, included necessary Engineering work for the project.  The Helicopter Refueling  package... Read more

AgustaWestland launches OGP Safety Advisors Training Programme

AgustaWestland launches OGP Safety Advisors Training Programme

6-May-2011Source: AgustaWestland

AgustaWestland, a Finmeccanica company, is pleased to announce the launch of the annual OGP Aviation Safety Advisors Training Programme. This new initiative will provide aviation safety advisors from the Oil & Gas with a high level technical overview of the AW139 helicopter, training and support infrastructure, with the first event planned for September 2011 in... Read more

AW139 rolled out in full Bond Offshore colours

AW139 rolled out in full Bond Offshore colours

5-May-2011Source: HeliHub.com

Bond Offshore Helicopters are due to start operating the AW139 on offshore operations to the Southern North Sea soon.  A key customer in this region of gas fields is Perenco, for which Bond will fly a pair of AW139s, registered G-PERA and PERB picking up the first three letters of oil company’s name. On delivery,... Read more

Bristow schedules FY11 Q4 and year-end earnings release/call

Bristow schedules FY11 Q4 and year-end earnings release/call

4-May-2011Source: Bristow Group

Bristow Group Inc. (NYSE: BRS), the leading provider of helicopter services to the offshore energy industry, announced today it will release financial results for its fiscal year 2011 fourth quarter and year-ended March 31, 2011, after the market closes on Tuesday, May 10. In conjunction with the release, Bristow has scheduled a conference call, which will be... Read more

Bristow confirms StatOil S92 contract award

Bristow confirms StatOil S92 contract award

4-May-2011Source: Bristow Group

[HeliHub.com editor note – we include this merely for completeness as Bristow issue this press release.  We originally ran the story on 19th April, naming the client as StatOil] Bristow Group Inc. (NYSE: BRS) a leading provider of helicopter services to the offshore energy industry, announced today that it has been awarded a renewal contract... Read more

Tragedy pair suing Bond Offshore Helicopters for £4 Million

Tragedy pair suing Bond Offshore Helicopters for £4 Million

3-May-2011Source: Press & Journal

The partners of two crewmen killed in the April 2009 North Sea helicopter disaster are taking legal action worth more than £4million.  Captain Paul Burnham, 31, and co-pilot Richard Menzies, 24, died along with 14 oil workers when their Super Puma helicopter crashed off Peterhead on its return from BP’s Miller platform.... Read more

World Helicopters acquires Bond Aviation Group for €300m

World Helicopters acquires Bond Aviation Group for €300m

2-May-2011Source: World Helicopters

Bond Aviation Group becomes an integral part of World Helicopters, together with the Inaer Helicopter Company and Australian Helicopters. Creates the world leader in the emergency helicopter services industry. Creates a leading player in the international oil and gas helicopter services industry. World Helicopters will operate ca. 360 aircrafts (rotary and fixed wing). World Helicopters,... Read more

Gulf Helicopters to add nine to fleet by 2015

Gulf Helicopters to add nine to fleet by 2015

1-May-2011Source: HeliHub.com

Gulf Helicopters have announced plans to invest about 500M Qatari Riyals on new aircraft over the next four years – approx US $137.4M in today’s money.  In parent company Gulf International Services’ five-year business plan released this week, they state that nine new helicopters would join their fleet by 2015 and that they expected demand... Read more

Weststar signs offshore contracts worth US $1.4 Billion

Weststar signs offshore contracts worth US $1.4 Billion

28-Apr-2011Source: HeliHub.com

In Malaysia, Weststar Aviation Services has signed contracts with five major oil and gas industry organisations to provide them with helicopter support for the next 10 years.  The deals are worth an estimated RM4.2 billion (US $1.4 billion) Group MD Tan Sri Syed Azman Syed Ibrahim said the company will fly for Petronas Carigali, ExxonMobil... Read more

Bristow wins 2011 NOIA Safety-in-Seas award

Bristow wins 2011 NOIA Safety-in-Seas award

20-Apr-2011Source: NOIA

Washington, DC – Bristow Group was awarded the 2011 National Ocean Industries Association (NOIA) Safety in Seas Award today, recognizing their outstanding contribution to the safety of life offshore for energy workers through their “Target Zero” program of training and safety tracking. Bristow’s award-winning nomination was selected by a blue-ribbon panel of judges from the... Read more

Bristow Norway retains Statoil contract with two S92s

Bristow Norway retains Statoil contract with two S92s

19-Apr-2011Source: Statoil

Statoil has awarded Bristow Norway a new contract for offshore helicopter services running from Stavanger Airport, Norway. The estimated value of the contract is over NOK 1 billion. All installations with helicopter flights from Stavanger will be served under this contract. Statoil’s helicopter flights from Stavanger go to the Sleipner, Draupner, Volve and Glitne fields... Read more

CHC partners with Cayman Islands CAA

CHC partners with Cayman Islands CAA

19-Apr-2011Source: CHC

CHC Helicopter, the world’s leading offshore helicopter services provider, is pleased to announce a joint partnership with the Civil Aviation Authority of the Cayman Islands (CAACI). This new partnership will provide CHC Helicopter with the opportunity to obtain and maintain a Cayman Islands Air Operator Certificate to conduct offshore operations in several foreign jurisdictions worldwide.... Read more

New publication underlines offshore industry’s commitment to helicopter safety

New publication underlines offshore industry’s commitment to helicopter safety

18-Apr-2011Source: Oil & Gas UK

The oil and gas industry has underlined its ongoing commitment to offshore helicopter safety, with the launch of a new publication. Oil & Gas UK’s ‘Guidelines for the Management of Aviation Operations’ has been revised and updated to improve awareness of helicopter issues for those whose jobs require a comprehensive technical or logistical understanding. The... Read more

Survival-One designs new helicopter passenger survival suit with Outlast® technology

Survival-One designs new helicopter passenger survival suit with Outlast® technology

13-Apr-2011Source: Survival-One

Increased survival chances without sacrificing comfort Water is a dangerous place with unpredictable elements. But with some jobs and activities it is not possible to just stay away from it. To get to offshore installations there is no other choice than to fly over water. So if a risk can’t be avoided it is essential... Read more

CHC celebrates value of SQID safety database

CHC celebrates value of SQID safety database

31-Mar-2011Source: CHC

CHC has always been proud of its single, world-wide system for incident reporting, but how can that data be used to benefit customers and the company? It is critical to have the right data and we start by measuring things that are important to customers, to safety, and to the growth of the company. These... Read more

Heliwest moves into offshore operations, taking over former Bristow contract

Heliwest moves into offshore operations, taking over former Bristow contract

29-Mar-2011Source: Heliwest

Leading WA-based helicopter company Heliwest has moved into the offshore operations area, securing a contract with Roc Oil (WA) Pty Ltd to provide service and maintenance crew transfers for its Cliff Head project off the (Western Australian) coast from Dongara. Heliwest CEO David Grimes said the contract, previously operated by Bristow, was a major win... Read more

Acquisition #3 – Boustead buys 51% of MHS Aviation

Acquisition #3 – Boustead buys 51% of MHS Aviation

28-Mar-2011Source: HeliHub.com

Boustead Holdings Bhd will buy a 51% stake in helicopter and aircraft charter services provider MHS Aviation Bhd for RM100mil in an effort to strengthen its involvement in the oil and gas industry. In Kuala Lumpur today, a filing on the “Bursa Malaysia” stock market stated that Boustead will buy 10.2mil shares of MHS Aviation... Read more

Acquisition #1 – Bond Aviation Group sold to INAER’s private equity owners

Acquisition #1 – Bond Aviation Group sold to INAER’s private equity owners

28-Mar-2011Source: HeliHub.com

Bond Aviation Group, the UK company encompassing the onshore operator Bond Air Service and its sister company Bond Offshore Helicopters, is set to be sold by Stephen and Peter Bond for a figure thought to be around £300 million (approx $480M).  The buyers are the two private equity groups that own Spanish operator INAER, which... Read more

Bristow to present at Howard Weil 39th Annual Energy Conference

Bristow to present at Howard Weil 39th Annual Energy Conference

28-Mar-2011Source: Bristow Group

Bristow Group Inc. (NYSE: BRS), the leading provider of helicopter services to the offshore energy industry, today announced today that the Company will be attending the Howard Weil 39th Annual Energy Conference to be held in New Orleans on March 28 – 31, 2011. William E. Chiles, President and Chief Executive Officer, is scheduled to present on Tuesday, March... Read more

Denmark: BelAir wins five year Maersk shuttle contract

Denmark: BelAir wins five year Maersk shuttle contract

25-Mar-2011Source: BelAir

It is with pride that Bel Air has been chosen to take charge of shuttle flights in the North Sea for Maersk Oil and Gas. Whole Maersk Oil and Gas Contract has been in the contract. Bel Air has won the part of the contract as you welcomed into. Director Susan H. Lastein: “I am... Read more

UK: Closure of North Denes HP put on hold

UK: Closure of North Denes HP put on hold

25-Mar-2011Source: EDP24

CHC announced this week that “under current market conditions” the plan to move was not viable at the current time, and would be put on hold.... Read more

Gazprom selects partner to develop heliport supporting Shtokman gas field

Gazprom selects partner to develop heliport supporting Shtokman gas field

22-Mar-2011Source: Gazprom

Gazprom has selected Rubin (St. Petersburg) after a tender to draft a concept design for an intermediate marine helicopter landing pad for the Shtokman gas condensate field. The client is the 100-percent Gazprom subsidiary Gazflot.  Rubin will use its own knowledge and expertise to draft the concept for Gazflot; the project is part of the... Read more

Weststar takes delivery of last three of nine AW139s

Weststar takes delivery of last three of nine AW139s

21-Mar-2011Source: HeliHub.com

Malaysian offshore operator Weststar Aviation Services has taken delivery of the last three of the nine AgustaWestland AW139s it ordered, primarily for supporting offshore oil and gas operations in the country.  The three were delivered today to Kualan Lumpur’s Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah airport courtesy of an Antonov AN124 freighter. Six AW139s will be based... Read more

Bond Offshore Helicopters signs a new SBH contract with Turbomeca

Bond Offshore Helicopters signs a new SBH contract with Turbomeca

9-Mar-2011Source: Turbomeca

British oil & gas helicopter support operator Bond Offshore Helicopters signed a new Support-by-the-Hour® contract with Turbomeca UK for their four new AS365N3 Dauphins, powered by the Arriel engine. The helicopters’ Arriel 2C turbines will be maintained by Turbomeca UK which supports nearly 700 engines powering British and Irish-owned customers’ helicopters. Two of the new... Read more

UTair orders 15 Eurocopter EC175s

UTair orders 15 Eurocopter EC175s

8-Mar-2011Source: Eurocopter

Russia’s UTair Aviation today signed a firm contract for the acquisition of 15 EC175 helicopters, extending its long-term strategic partnership with Eurocopter and the Eurocopter Vostok subsidiary in Russia and the CIS. This agreement, which firms up a letter of intent announced at Heli-Expo in 2008, covers the deliveries of 15 EC175s in 2013 and... Read more

P&WC signs long-term agreement with Era Helicopters

P&WC signs long-term agreement with Era Helicopters

6-Mar-2011Source: Pratt & Whitney Canada

Pratt & Whitney Canada (P&WC) has signed a long-term agreement with Era Helicopters LLC (Era) of Lake Charles, La., to provide engine support for Era’s fleet of 70 P&WC-powered helicopters. The contract covers 150 installed PW200/PT6B/PT6C and PT6T engines, plus spares, for a period of 10 years. Pratt & Whitney Canada is a United Technologies... Read more

PHi chooses AW139s and Signs Long-Term Engine Service Agreement for PT6C-67C Engines

PHi chooses AW139s and Signs Long-Term Engine Service Agreement for PT6C-67C Engines

6-Mar-2011Source: Pratt & Whitney Canada

PHI Inc (NASDAQ: PHII, PHIIK), a leading provider of helicopter transportation and related services to a diverse customer group that includes the oil and gas industries, has purchased 10 AgustaWestland AW139 helicopters powered by Pratt & Whitney Canada’s (P&WC’s) PT6C-67C engines. As well, PHI has signed a long-term Engine Service Agreement for the repair and... Read more

Bristow Nigeria recruiting pilots

Bristow Nigeria recruiting pilots

4-Mar-2011Source: Bristow Nigeria

Bristow is one of the world’s largest providers of helicopter services. The first civil helicopter company to work in the oil and gas industry, Bristow has earned an international reputation for speed of response and quality of service.Bristow is a truly global organization, working together from facilities around the world to offer a wide-ranging array of services.... Read more

Shell considers move to non-airport base to avoid $1.5M tax at Scholes

Shell considers move to non-airport base to avoid $1.5M tax at Scholes

22-Feb-2011Source: Galveston Daily News

Shell pays about $1.5M annually in taxes by using Scholes International Airport. These are imposed on passengers flying on large helicopters such as S-92s and S-76s, which PHI operates at Scholes.  To avoid the tax, Shell has asked PHI to move its base from the island to a non-airport field in Alvin.  Click on the... Read more

CHC airfreights first two helicopters to Australia for Woodside contract

CHC airfreights first two helicopters to Australia for Woodside contract

18-Feb-2011Source: HeliHub.com

Over three months ahead of contract start date on 1st June, CHC yesterday air freignted the two AW139s it needs for the Woodside Energy contract in an Antonov An124 of Volga-Dnepr Airlines.  The pair had been delivered from the factory in Italy to CHC in the UK and then ferried to CHC’s Norwegian base at... Read more

CHC moves Australian HQ to Perth

CHC moves Australian HQ to Perth

15-Feb-2011Source: HeliHub.com

Following the company’s success at winning the Woodside Energy contract from Bristows, AUstralia’s largest commercial operator is moving its local office from Adelaide to Perth.  CHC will  be flying four Eurocopter EC225 and two AgustaWestland AW139 helicopters on the contract, based out of Karratha in Western Australia – nearly 1,000 miles north of Perth.  The... Read more

Gulf of Mexico ADS-B Avionics Forum to be held at Heli-Expo 2011

Gulf of Mexico ADS-B Avionics Forum to be held at Heli-Expo 2011

15-Feb-2011Source: HAI

HAI is pleased to announce a Gulf of Mexico ADS-B avionics forum will be held at HELI-EXPO 2011 in Orlando, Fla. on Tuesday, March 8, from 1:00pm-3:00pm in Room S230 A & B of the Orange County Convention Center. The forum will include helicopter operators, avionics and airframe manufacturers and the FAA, with discussion focused on... Read more

PHI show commitment to Scholes International Airport

PHI show commitment to Scholes International Airport

14-Feb-2011Source: Galveston Daily News

Corporate officers with PHI have grounded whirling rumors that they planned to move longtime operations from the island to the mainland.   PHI has about nine helicopters at Scholes International Airport to shuttle crews to and from offshore rigs in the Gulf of Mexico.... Read more

Oil firms curtail helicopter use over rough Newfoundland seas

Oil firms curtail helicopter use over rough Newfoundland seas

12-Feb-2011Source: Vancouver Sun

Offshore oil companies are grounding helicopter flights over rough seas off Newfoundland as recommended by the Transportation Safety Board of Canada.... Read more

Canada’s Safety Board to release Cougar S92 report on Wednesday

Canada’s Safety Board to release Cougar S92 report on Wednesday

8-Feb-2011Source: HeliHub.com

The Transportation Safety Board (“TSB”) of Canada has announced that it will be holding a press conference for the media on Wednesday to publically release the final TSB investigation report (reference id A09A0016) into the crash of a Cougar Helicopters Sikorsky S-92A off the coast of Newfoundland on March 12, 2009.  Members of the panel... Read more

Bristow Nigeria lost $1m to bird strikes

Bristow Nigeria lost $1m to bird strikes

6-Feb-2011Source: Independent Online

This was made known by the Managing Director of Bristow Helicopters, Capt Akin Oni, briefing journalists on efforts at repositioning the company and the aviation safety conference tagged, “Target Zero,” in Lagos recently.... Read more

Bristow Nigeria running safety seminar 8-9 February

Bristow Nigeria running safety seminar 8-9 February

3-Feb-2011Source: World Stage

The forum with a theme “Fostering a safety Culture” is expected to bring stakeholders from aviation, oil and gas industry and government circles to discuss the latest trends in aviation safety.... Read more

CHC signs for 800 hours a year on new EC225 simulator

CHC signs for 800 hours a year on new EC225 simulator

2-Feb-2011Source: HeliHub.com

As part of Eurocopter UK’s launch of their new North Sea Service Centre in Aberdeen, the company also provided a focal point with the opening of a Eurocopter EC225 simulator.  They have already made significant progress selling time on this simulator, made in Spain by Indra, by using the event to host a contract signing... Read more

Eurocopter inaugurates North Sea Service Centre with EC225 simulator at Aberdeen

Eurocopter inaugurates North Sea Service Centre with EC225 simulator at Aberdeen

1-Feb-2011Source: Eurocopter UK

Eurocopter officially inaugurated its new North Sea Service Centre in Aberdeen, Scotland today, providing a highly capable training, technical support and logistics facility in close proximity to helicopter operators who support the region’s vital oil and gas industry – as well as the emerging wind farm sector.  Eurocopter rotary-wing aircraft constitute the largest helicopter fleet... Read more

Bond Offshore Helicopters prepare for AW139 operations

Bond Offshore Helicopters prepare for AW139 operations

1-Feb-2011Source: HeliHub.com

Yesterday, Bond Offshore Helicopters registered their first AW139 helicopter with teh UK CAA – it is G-PERA which reflects it being contracted to the independent oil & gas company Perenco.  Previously this company’s operations were supported by an AW139 from CHC.  The AW139, which will be joined by a second prior to the contract start... Read more

Cougar S92 enquiry results in new underwater escape trainer

Cougar S92 enquiry results in new underwater escape trainer

26-Jan-2011Source: Marine Institute

The Fisheries and Marine Institute of Memorial University of Newfoundland today announced a $2.4 million donation by Hibernia Management and Development Company Ltd. (HMDC) towards the installation of new, state-of-the art simulation training equipment at the Institute’s Offshore Safety and Survival Centre (OSSC) in Foxtrap, NL. “A commitment to safety is something we value and... Read more

Pawan Hans target of 500 helicopters seen as ambitious

Pawan Hans target of 500 helicopters seen as ambitious

26-Jan-2011Source: Business Standard

State-run Pawan Hans Helicopters, which has emerged as Asia’s leading helicopter, is working towards building a fleet of 500 helicopters. That’s a huge increase over its current fleet strength of 41 helicopters... Read more

Two more Bell 407s for PHi

Two more Bell 407s for PHi

11-Jan-2011Source: Bell

Bell Helicopter, a Textron Inc. (NYSE: TXT) company, today announced the recent sale of two Bell 407 helicopters to PHI, one of the world’s leading helicopter services companies, for use in the transportation of oil and gas workers in the Gulf of Mexico. PHI, known industry wide for the relentless pursuit of safe and reliable... Read more

Bond Offshore Helicopters turnover up 13% at £61M, profits up 12%

Bond Offshore Helicopters turnover up 13% at £61M, profits up 12%

10-Jan-2011Source: Aberdeen Press & Journal

Recently released accounts show turnover at £61.09 million for the year to 31st March 2010, up 13%, and pre-tax profits at £3.572 million, up 12%... Read more

Pawan Hans gets funding boost from various Government organisations

Pawan Hans gets funding boost from various Government organisations

6-Jan-2011Source: HeliHub.com

ONGC, the Oil and Natural Gas Corporation of India, is increasing its shareholding in helicopter operator Pawan Hans with a cash injection of Rs96 crore – 960 million rupees – equivalent to US$21.2M.  This takes the ONGC shareholding from 21% to 49% in the state-owned helicopter operator.  Given this as the value of 28% would... Read more

NBC Nightly News features ADS-B in Gulf of Mexico

NBC Nightly News features ADS-B in Gulf of Mexico

4-Jan-2011Source: HAI

NBC Nightly News recently aired a report on the FAA’s Next-Generation Air Traffic System that featured the pioneering application of that system’s backbone, Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B), for helicopter operations in the Gulf of Mexico. “The FAA is touting a revolutionary system that it says will overhaul air traffic control across America, making the nation’s... Read more

Boustead Holdings buys majority stake in Malaysian operator MHS Aviation

Boustead Holdings buys majority stake in Malaysian operator MHS Aviation

4-Jan-2011

Boustead Holdings, founded in 1828, is one of Malaysia’s established and diversified conglomerates. Today Boustead has more than 100 subsidiaries and associate companies of which four companies are listed on the local stock market – Bursa Malaysia.... Read more

Two S92s arrive in Azerbaijan for offshore ops in Caspian Sea

Two S92s arrive in Azerbaijan for offshore ops in Caspian Sea

21-Dec-2010Source: HeliHub.com

Local reports in Azerbaijan confirm the delivery of two Sikorsky S92s to operator SW Helicopter Services, with the pair arriving at Zabrat airport near Baku.  HeliHub.com understands they will be put to use supporting offshore exploration in the Caspian Sea with oil company BP. The two helicopters are serials 92-0135 and 0136, and one has... Read more

CHC prepares Australian AW139s in Norway

CHC prepares Australian AW139s in Norway

20-Dec-2010Source: HeliHub.com

We reported on 19th November that CHC had won the Woodside Energy contract in Australia from long-term incumbent Bristow Helicopters.  CHC will commence flying this contract in June 2011, operating four EC225 aircraft and two AW139 aircraft based out of Karratha in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. The two AgustaWestland AW139s have been delivered... Read more

Ground-breaking North Sea helicopter tracking system goes live

Ground-breaking North Sea helicopter tracking system goes live

14-Dec-2010Source: Oil & Gas UK

Oil & Gas UK and NATS, the UK’s leading air navigation service provider, today announced the world’s first operational use of wide area multilateration technology for tracking offshore flights. Helicopters in transit to and from oil and gas platforms in the North Sea are now visible to air traffic controllers from takeoff to landing, increasing... Read more

Newfoundland seeks independent offshore oil regulator to oversee safety

Newfoundland seeks independent offshore oil regulator to oversee safety

14-Dec-2010Source: C-NLOPB

The Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Petroleum Board (C-NLOPB) announced today early steps in an implementation strategy for the Offshore Helicopter Safety Inquiry Phase I Report Recommendations. The report contains 29 recommendations. The C-NLOPB completed its review and accepts 27 of the 29 recommendations in full. Recommendation 12, which calls for an on-going ban on night... Read more

Russian Helicopters add more details on offshore Mi-171 contract

Russian Helicopters add more details on offshore Mi-171 contract

7-Dec-2010Source: Russian Helicopters

[HeliHub.com ran a story on the sale of these helicopters prior to Russian Helicopters issuing this press release] The Russian multi-role Mi-171A1, manufactured by the Ulan-Ude Aviation Plant, a subsidiary of the Russian Helicopters holding company, won the tender of Brazil national oil company Petrobras to operate in the Amazon Basin. Brazilian operators bid in... Read more

PHi and Bristow fight new Louisiana state law

PHi and Bristow fight new Louisiana state law

3-Dec-2010Source: 3TheAdvocate

PHI and Bristow argue in a federal lawsuit filed last week in Lafayette that the law is an improper and unnecessary intrusion by the state into the realm of aviation regulation, which is generally handled by the federal government.... Read more

Malaysia: Weststar takes delivery of first AW139 of nine

Malaysia: Weststar takes delivery of first AW139 of nine

2-Dec-2010Source: AgustaWestland

AgustaWestland, a Finmeccanica company, is pleased to announce that Weststar Aviation Services of Malaysia has taken delivery of its first of nine AW139 medium twin engine helicopters. The helicopters will be used to perform offshore transport missions supporting offshore oil & gas industry operations in Malaysia. Weststar Aviation Services is currently the largest commercial customer... Read more

Bristow to present at the Jefferies Global Energy Conference

Bristow to present at the Jefferies Global Energy Conference

1-Dec-2010Source: Bristow Group

Bristow Group Inc. (NYSE: BRS), a leading provider of helicopter services to the offshore energy industry, today announced that the Company will be attending the Jefferies Global Energy Conference to be held in Houston on December 1-2, 2010. Mark Duncan, Senior Vice President, Commercial, is scheduled to present on Thursday, December 2, at 4:00 p.m.... Read more

NTSB cites lack of bird strike resistant windshield requirements in fatal PHi S76 crash

NTSB cites lack of bird strike resistant windshield requirements in fatal PHi S76 crash

25-Nov-2010Source: NTSB

The National Transportation Safety Board today released a final report on a fatal crash involving a transport-category helicopter caused by a bird strike. The Board said the lack of requirements for bird strike-resistant windshields contributed to the crash, and called on the FAA to develop such requirements. On January 4, 2009, a dual-engine Sikorsky S-76C++... Read more

Chevron orders two Bell 429s for Gulf of Mexico ops

Chevron orders two Bell 429s for Gulf of Mexico ops

22-Nov-2010Source: Bell

FORT WORTH, TX. (November 22, 2010) – Bell Helicopter, a Textron Inc. (NYSE: TXT) company, today announced the sale of two (2) 429 helicopters to Chevron, one of the largest integrated energy companies in the world. The aircraft will be servicing Chevron’s oil & gas platforms in the Gulf of Mexico with deliveries planned in... Read more

Helicopter safety agency needed, Cougar S92 report says

Helicopter safety agency needed, Cougar S92 report says

19-Nov-2010Source: Toronto Star

Critics have accused the Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Petroleum Board of a conflict of interest because it is tasked with developing offshore resources to the maximum extent while also protecting workers and the environment.... Read more

Australia: CHC lands Woodside Energy contract from Bristow

Australia: CHC lands Woodside Energy contract from Bristow

19-Nov-2010Source: CHC

CHC Helicopter has been awarded a nine-year $500 million contract to provide helicopter services for Woodside Energy’s Australian operations, possibly the largest helicopters service contract ever written in Australia. Managing Director for CHC Helicopter’s Australian operations, Rick Burt, was proud to be working with Woodside. “Woodside continue to play a lead role in developing the... Read more

C-NLOPB releases Offshore Helicopter Safety Inquiry Report, Phase I

C-NLOPB releases Offshore Helicopter Safety Inquiry Report, Phase I

18-Nov-2010Source: C-NLOPB

The Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Petroleum Board (C-NLOPB) received the Report of the Offshore Helicopter Safety Inquiry today and is releasing it to the public immediately. “On behalf of the Board, I thank Commissioner Robert Wells, commission counsel and the staff of the commission for their work during the course of Phase I of the... Read more

CHC Scotia to close North Denes HP and move to Norwich

CHC Scotia to close North Denes HP and move to Norwich

9-Nov-2010

CHC Scotia Limited has announced the closure of Great Yarmouth’s North Denes heliport next May with offshore operations focusing on Norwich International Airport from that date.... Read more

Mobilarm to supply VHF Locator Beacons to Bristow Helicopters Australia

Mobilarm to supply VHF Locator Beacons to Bristow Helicopters Australia

4-Nov-2010Source: Mobilarm

Mobilarm has announced that it has secured a significant new contract to supply its VHF Locator Beacons to Bristow Helicopters Australia (part of the Bristow Group) as the sole contractor to BHP Billiton Petroleum for offshore personnel transfers by helicopter in Australia. In the initial order, Mobilarm will supply 50 of its innovative V100 VHF... Read more

Eurocopter focuses on security, transport and offshore missions at Dubai Helishow

Eurocopter focuses on security, transport and offshore missions at Dubai Helishow

2-Nov-2010Source: Eurocopter

Marignane, France, 2 November 2010 Eurocopter will mark its 30-plus year presence in the Middle East and Arabian Gulf region with a major participation at this week’s Dubai Helishow 2010, underscoring its helicopter product line’s capabilities for evolving applications that include anti-piracy, counter-insurgency and border patrol missions; corporate and VVIP transportation; emergency medical airlift; search... Read more

CHC Helikopter Service recognizes its Norwegian heritage

CHC Helikopter Service recognizes its Norwegian heritage

29-Oct-2010Source: CHC Norway

CHC Helicopter, the world’s leading offshore helicopter services provider, announced today that its Norwegian business operations will be renamed CHC Helikopter Service. “By using the name ‘CHC Helikopter Service’ we are recognizing the long tradition and proud history of a company that has been serving the Norwegian oil and gas industry for almost 60 years,”... Read more

Cougar drops Sikorsky subsidiary from Can$27M lawsuit

Cougar drops Sikorsky subsidiary from Can$27M lawsuit

28-Oct-2010Source: The Telegram

Cougar launched the lawsuit in June against both Sikorsky and its subsidiary Helicopter Services Inc. (HSI), but has recently served notice it was discontinuing the civil action against HSI.... Read more

Canadian offshore safety report expected by Friday

Canadian offshore safety report expected by Friday

27-Oct-2010Source: Winnepeg Free Press

Inquiry commissioner Robert Wells is expected to report by Friday to the federal-provincial board that regulates oil activity offshore. But it’s up to the Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Petroleum Board to make those findings public.... Read more

Bristow renews North Sea contract with IAC for 5-10 years

Bristow renews North Sea contract with IAC for 5-10 years

26-Oct-2010Source: Bristow Helicopters

Bristow Helicopters Ltd has secured a £multi-million five year deal with the Integrated Aviation Consortium (IAC) in the UK North Sea. The IAC comprises six major oil companies: BP, CNR International, Fairfield Energy, Petrofac, Shell and TAQA. The contract was renewed for a five year term with the option to extend for an additional five... Read more

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