Black Elk, ES&G Join Forces to Protect Platforms during Hurricane Season

- Black Elk, ES&G Join Forces to Protect Platforms during Hurricane Season

Tuesday, August 09, 2011
Black Elk Energy, LLC

Black Elk announced a proactive project with ES&H Consulting & Training Group to strategically place waterproof sensors on each platform. The sensors emit a continuous location signal that is used as a tracking device. If the sensor becomes submerged or is damaged, as it might in hurricane conditions, the signal is then lost, suggesting damage to the structure and thus a possible environmental impact. This would alert ES&H Consulting & Training Group and Black Elk Energy to quickly investigate the incident, enabling a more effective management response. Black Elk Energy is currently 50% deployed with the remainder to be installed within the next 45 days.

The units are manufactured by ESSI Corporation and utilize low earth orbit satellites (LEO) and transmit on L-band frequencies, providing excellent rain fade performance. The systems send a small data packet with location information, battery status, etc., every four hours as long as there is a clear line of sight to the sky. If no signal is received, resources can be concentrated within 4 hours’ passage of a storm. The lithium ion batteries last an entire hurricane season and are field serviceable.

"We understand the importance of being prepared for what may come with hurricane season," said John Hoffman, CEO of Black Elk Energy. "This new technical measure will aid in the overall tracking and management of our platforms in the Gulf. Black Elk Energy maintains an intranet site that provides a gulf-wide view of each of our platforms, which indicates a green symbol for every structure that’s operating normally."

"We commend Black Elk Energy for initiating a proactive measure for their platforms in the Gulf of Mexico, just in time for hurricane season," said Kevin Voisin, Vice President/Partner of ES&H Consulting & Training Group. "We believe this project proves Black Elk’s commitment to the environment and certainly demonstrates their efforts in going above and beyond industry standards to diligently monitor the integrity of their platforms."

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TGS Begins 2011 Summer Season with 3 Surveys

- TGS Begins 2011 Summer Season with 3 Surveys

Wednesday, May 18, 2011
TGS-NOPEC Geophysical Co. ASA

TGS commences the 2011 summer season with three 2D surveys in cooperation with Fugro; North Sea Renaissance 2011(NSR11), Mid-Norway Regional 2011 (MNR11) and Norwegian Barents Sea 2011 (NBR11). The data to be collected includes approximately 10,000 km for NSR11 which is a regional infill West of Shetland utilizing the M/V Bergen Surveyor, approximately 10,000 km for MNR 11 which is a regional infill in the Norwegian Sea utilizing the M/V Akademik Shatskiy and approximately 10,000 km for NBR11 which is a regional infill in the Barents Sea utilizing the M/V Akademik Lazarev.

The above mentioned projects will enable TGS to continue building on the successful regional long offset grid in NW Europe. Upon completion of the 2011 acquisition season, the long offset grid will total approximately 285,000 km. The new long offset projects together with the previous year's programs will be important for companies in the early exploration phase as well as for license round preparation in both Norway and the UK.

The data will be jointly processed by TGS and Fugro and time and depth products will begin to be delivered later this year. Completion of all three projects is scheduled for the end of Q1 2012.

These projects are supported by industry funding.

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