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GAS now is Lighthouse

Helpdesk — Wed, 02 Mar 2016 14:41:31 +0000

We are delighted to officially announce the renaming of our Company and the launch of our new website.
For almost 30 years on the market, GAS â€“ Geological Assistance & Services has come a long way, transforming itself from a small local Company into a survey Company with an international footprint and branches across the world. Our teams of qualified and experienced engineers, surveyors and geologists has proven to be our most valuable asset, offering customers the best service. Without exception, GAS prides itself for the reputation built in expertise and flexibility. And today we are ready for a new challenge. We restructure our Company, reorganizing our departments to fit the best workflow. We renovate our fleet and survey equipment. New and important projects are calling us. To underline our efforts, we change our name in LIGHTHOUSE.

â€œWhat does a lighthouse do? I ask myself. It never moves. It cannot hike up its rocky
skirt and dash into the ocean to rescue the foundering ship. It cannot calm the waters or
clear the shoals. It can only cast light into the darkness. It can only point the way.
Yet, through one lighthouse, you guide many shipsâ€
Lisa Wingate, The Prayer Box, 2013

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ROV Visual Inspection in Absheron field

Helpdesk — Wed, 11 Nov 2015 09:11:04 +0000

In October 2015, GAS Azerbaijani branch was awarded to provide ROV visual inspection of the existing TOTALâ€s well head in the Absheron field.
TOTAL is the operator of the Absheron offshore condensate gas field, and the development plan is currently being defined. The Absheron offshore field, discovered in 2011, is located in the southern Caspian Sea and as a water depth of 500 m. GAS carried out this ROV visual inspection using the ROV Perseo GTV built by Ageotec. The ROV visual inspection has been successfully completed early in November with exceptional productivity thanks to the robustness and power of the vehicle, to the high definition cameras â€“streamed via fiber optic links to the surface in real time- and to the video processor which grants exceptional images even in poor visibility conditions. Ageotec is a leading company in production of best in class ROV systems and, as well as GAS, member of the Lighthouse Group.
Operation success confirms once again the strong role of GAS as one of the main survey contractor in the Caspian Sea area. In fact since 2013, GAS provided several surveys for TOTAL during the Absheron project development such as the Offshore Geophysical surveys which included a complex AUV survey.

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Pipe string push/pulling monitoring

Helpdesk — Wed, 09 Sep 2015 08:09:42 +0000

Saipem, through its subsidiary ERSAI Caspian Contractor LLC, has awarded GAS KCO (Kazakh subsidiary of GAS Italy) a contract for the survey and positioning services during the construction of two pipelines of 95 km each. The pipelines will connect D Island in the Caspian Sea to the Karabatan onshore plant in Kazakhstan.
Scope of work includes the provision of personnel and equipment on board the Survey Vessel to carry out pre-lay, as laid and as built survey. More over, it includes the provision of precise positioning on board 4 Construction and Post Trenching Vessels and 14 TUGs.
One of the most challenging services requested by ERSAI is the provision of precise positioning during the pipe string push/pulling operations. This service is essential to monitor the pipe movements and preserve its integrity during the installation. 20 tracking points have been installed by GAS technicians on the buoyancy tanks aligned over 10 km of pipes. Each control point is capable to transmit the pipe position and heading to the laying barge located at 10 km of distance. String push/pulling operation is expected to take approx. to 60 days. Each tracking point is designed to be splash proof and self-powered using batteries and solar panels. The differential signal is broadcasted by means of TDMA techniques; the pipe movements are collected from the C12 pipe lay barge during push/pulling operations.
As usual, this service has been provided by GAS according to schedule, under strict guidelines on safety and result accuracy â€“ a trademark of GAS throughout is 30 years of activity in the Oil&Gas business.

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GAS awarded DSV contract for Shah Deniz 2

Helpdesk — Thu, 06 Aug 2015 09:26:32 +0000

GAS awarded DSV contract for provision of survey services during pipelay installation for Shah Deniz 2 project

GAS, member of Lighthouse Group, has been awarded a long term contract from SAIPEM to provide offshore survey services on board the dive-support vessel AKADEMIK TOFIK ISMAYILOV during the installation of the export and infield pipelines for the Stage II development of the Shah Deniz field which will ultimately deliver gas to Europe from Azerbaijan. The field is located 90 km offshore Azerbaijan, in water depths between 75 m and 550 m. The contractâ€s scope of work includes Touch Down Monitoring during the pipelay, As-Laid, As-Built and Out-of-Straightness surveys over 360 km of pipelines.

Since 2012, GAS has built a solid presence in the area and this contractâ€s award consolidates its position as one of the main Contractor for Survey and Positioning services in the offshore sector of the Caspian Sea, a strategic area for the oil and gas industry. In Baku, GAS has a 24-hours operative office, with a pull of professional staff comprising of geologists, geophysicists, surveyors, engineers, LBL technicians and a full spread of survey equipment which includes, but are not limited to, the latest technologies of LBL underwater acoustic equipment, ROVs and AUV.

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GAS @ OB 2015

Helpdesk — Thu, 26 Mar 2015 08:51:09 +0000

GAS will attend the OB 2015 â€“ Ocean Business Exhibition in Southampton, from 14th to 16th April 2015.

Ocean Business is one of the most important ocean technology event of the year.
The exhibition, bringing together the worldâ€s leading manufacturers and services providers, will be attended by more than 300 companies looking to promote their products and services within the oceanographic, offshore survey, maritime defense, environmental monitoring and pollution control, ports and harbours, renewable energy and marine engineering industries.

At OB 2015 visitors will meet face to face with exhibitors from across the globe, showcasing the very latest products and services in this field.

The purpose built exhibition centre is located directly on the waterfront of the National Oceanography Centre, an internationally renowned centre of excellence for oceanographic technology and sciences based in Southampton in the UK.

During the trade show, it will be possible to attend over 180 hours of training and demonstration sessions and see the latest products and services in action.

Moreover, OB 2015 organizes various associated meetings held by industry professionals, and a very interesting Offshore Survey: a two-day technical conference, providing a valuable insight into technology, operations and business issues in the global field of offshore surveying.

Find out more at the Ocean Business program!

We look forward to welcoming you at OB 2015! Visit us on stand E7!

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New certifications for GAS !

Helpdesk — Tue, 23 Dec 2014 11:59:47 +0000

GAS is always involved in a quality improvement process for every aspect of its activities and aims to improve the quality standards of the services and products it provides. For this reason, together with the already existing International Standard ISO 9001:2008, GAS in the last few months has worked hard to obtain two important certifications, the OHSAS 18001:2007 and the ISO 14001:2004 certifications.

OHSAS 18001:2007 is the internationally applied International standard for occupational health and safety management systems. It exists to help all kinds of organizations put in place demonstrably sound occupational health and safety performance. It can be considered the widest recognized and popular occupational health and safety management system all over the world. This certification is really important for our Company, it helps to create the best possible working conditions across your organization; to identify hazards and put in place controls to manage them; to reduce workplace accidents and illness to cut related costs and downtime and to engage and motivate staff with better, safer working conditions; Demonstrate compliance to customers and suppliers

ISO 14001:2004 is a family of standards related to environmental management that exists to help organizations to minimize how their operations (processes, etc.) negatively affect the environment, but also to comply with applicable laws, regulations, and other environmentally oriented requirements. The benefits of using ISO 14001:2004 can include a reduced cost of waste management; savings in consumption of energy and materials; a lower distribution costs; an improved corporate image among regulators, customers and the public.

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Filomena Prima involved in rescue operations

Helpdesk — Thu, 20 Nov 2014 09:11:56 +0000

It has been an hard day for our Vessel Filomena Prima, which is performing geophysical survey operations near to Libyan coasts. In fact, yesterday our team had to suspend all the underway activities to take part to the rescue operations of a sinking RIB, which hosted about a hundred migrants. Following the instructions received by the Vessel Master from Italian Navy, Filomena Prima has approached the RIB and our rescue boat, together with 2 helicopter of the Italian Navy, have rescued around 98 migrants and taken them onboard the vessel. “We are not heroes, we have just done what we had to”.

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GAS @ Geoday

Helpdesk — Mon, 29 Sep 2014 09:10:43 +0000

It’s time of Geoday: Flying dinosaurs, scavenger hunts, open lessons, laboratory experiments and many games, both for children and adults…a great week end dedicated to Geology!

For the first time our Company supported the Geoday, the two-day long event organized by the Department of Geological Sciences of the University of Bologna to celebrate the four centuries of the Faculty in our city. Open museums and open lessons; stands where it will be possible discover something more about vulcanology, speleology and petrografy; tours around the medieval centre of Bologna with guides that will show you something you never noticed before…A great event that last year registered thousands of participants.

The participation at the Geoday has been really positive for our Company, the event presented interesting opportunities to meet students and teachers, to talk about Geology with visitors, academics, researchers… and to spread the knowledge of our reality.

Discover all the photos of the event on our flickr stream!

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COG 2014

Helpdesk — Sun, 08 Jun 2014 16:37:58 +0000

For the first time, GAS participated at the Caspian Oil & Gas Exhibition, the leading and largest event in the Caspian regionâ€s oil and gas industry.
This year the event at the Baku Expo Centre attracted more than 402 companies from 29 countries.

The exhibition was officially opened by the President of the Republic of Azerbaijani, His Excellency Ilham Aliyev, and as a tradition he congratulated the participants, visitors and organizers of the event. In his speech, the president stressed on the importance of the role of the Oil and Gas industry in his country which has propelled the rapid development of Azerbaijanâ€s economy, and gave an assessment of the relevance and of the oil and gas exhibition, which has, for more than twenty years, been the flagship industry event.

This year is very significant in the history of Azerbaijan oil and gas industry as the country celebrates the 20th anniversary of the signing of the Contract of the Century. The first Caspian Oil and Gas Exhibition and Conference opened in September 1994 on the eve of the signing of the Contract of the Century, which marked the beginning of a new period of development in the oil industry as well as the growth of the economy of Azerbaijan. At that time the initiative of holding the first specialized exhibition in the oil and gas industry in Azerbaijan was vigorously supported by the founder of the nation, his Excellency the late Heydar Aliyev, father of the current president His Excellency IIham Aliyev . Since then, Caspian Oil and Gas exhibition has become a meeting place for leading professionals in the fields of oil and gas, where agreements and contracts on future cooperation are signed. In the lounge of Baku Expo Centre the organizers of the event had set up a special display dedicated to the anniversary of the signing of the Contract of the Century, its history and achievements.

The impact of the COG 2014 on GAS has been positive, the event presented a greater opportunity to strengthen existing relationships and meet new opportunities of business, especially considering the great growth of our branch in Baku, that in less than two years has been able to solidify its position in the region, being involved in major oil and gas projects of the Caspian region. GASâ€ CEO Pietro Basciano had described GAS Baku Branchâ€s successful story to AzerNews Newspaper, in an interesting interview we invite you to read!

We took some photos of the exhibition, discover them in our flickr stream !

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Oceanology International 2014

Helpdesk — Sat, 15 Mar 2014 16:35:13 +0000

Here we are. Oceanology International 2014 has just taken place at London’s ExCel Conference and Exhibition Centre, from 11-13 March 2014. As it has become tradition, GAS has been successfully present with its stand in the leading and most important conference and exhibition for ocean science and marine technology of the world.
Oceanology International, with an audience of suppliers, contractors and end users from over 70 countries and 525 international exhibitors is the global forum where industry, academia and government share knowledge and connect with the marine technology and ocean science community, improving their strategies for measuring, exploiting, protecting and operating in the worldâ€s oceans. A great opportunity to meet customers, engineers, scientists and industry managers from all over the globe and to discover the last and cutting-edge innovations of this sector.

According to the organization, Oceanology International 2014 has been the largest event of its series with approximately 8.400 attendees and 528 exhibiting companies from 35 countries. The exhibition hall hosted the worldâ€s largest display of state-of-the-art marine technologies, many being launched exclusively at OI 2014.
Discover more in our flickr gallery!

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