Wenaas has become the latest company to join a safety initiative aimed at enhancing work wear for people operating in some of the world’s coldest exploration environments.
As the major explorers continue to eye prospects further afield engineering expertise won’t be the only thing put to the test.
As such the Norway-based personal protection equipment (PPE) supplier has joined the Arctic Protection project –a programme aimed at ensuring the necessary PPE is up to the challenge.
The programme was launched in January after a similar project dubbed ColdWear found current work wear falls short of the protection levels needed to operate in extremely harsh environments like the Arctic.
The project was originally developed by Kwintet Norge, SINTEF, Statoil and Eni Norge.
The findings are expected to be published in 2017.
A range of majors have all eyed the Arctic frontier for future production.
Statoil is expected to pursue its Johan Castberg project in the Arctic Barents Sea next year, while Exxon Mobil is expected to drill its Arctic well with Rosneft next month. The project is expected to cost $700million, making it the most expensive Russian prospect to date.
Lee Taylor, Wenaas UK business development manager, said: “Wenaas is delighted to be collaborating with industry leaders in such a ground-breaking project. The level of innovation in the project will mean there will be far-reaching benefits for workers in other industries too, such as mining and the marine sector.”