Offshore Notebook

We somewhat take for granted that our local FBO has done some type of quality assurance and not filled our tanks up with water rather than Jet A.

There have been two refueling incidents that could have led to serious accidents worth noting.

In reviewing my some of my past articles, I noticed it is going on six years since I updated you on the application and progress of the FAA’s low-level “beta” program for Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) in the Gulf of Mexico (GOM).

Column explores viewpoints in the oil and gas industry.

Over the past eight years, I covered quite a few offshore subjects, but I have never done a profile on the number of personalities that have made offshore helicopter operations the preferred method of traveling to offshore rigs and other support vessels.

Measuring up offshore safety stats from the Helicopter Safety Advisory Conference.

A look at an effort to create standardized and comprehensive recommended practices for offshore helideck safety around the world.