First flights conducted for new Babcock oil-and-gas contract
The first flight for Babcock’s new five-year contract for helicopter operations out of Sumburgh, Shetland, took place on July 1, 2020.
Current plans will see Babcock’s Offshore business initially conduct more than 100 flights a month to oil-and-gas installations in the Northern North Sea on behalf of EnQuest, TAQA and CNR International.
Passengers fly from Aberdeen to Sumburgh on a Loganair ATR 42 aircraft, before taking the final leg by offshore helicopter.
Behind The Cookers
Jackie Jenkin and Tiffany Steiner, co-founder of the Bakken BBQ, give some behind the scenes details and discussions regarding the rescheduling of the details for the 8th Annual Bakken BBQ on August 21, 2020, at the West River Ice Center parking lot in Dickinson, ND.
This Bill May Keep Money Going to Oil Companies
Texas and Oklahoma Republican Senators John Cornyn and Jim Inhofe are trying to shore up the oil industry and oil jobs in their states. As the pandemic has all but dried-up demand for oil, the senators have introduced a bill that would keep the money flowing to energy companies and keep oil and gas workers on the payroll.
Texas provides about 40% of the nation’s oil and gas.
Cornyn says all that oil is good for jobs, but when oil prices plummet it means “a lot of people are getting laid off jobs.”
Cornyn and Inhofe’s bill, the “Save Jobs Act” would provide tax and regulatory relief for US energy companies hit hard by the pandemic.
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