News for the Oil and Gas Industry
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Health, Safety & Environment | An internal investigation by BP found that 'a sequence of failures involving a number of different parties' contributed to the Deepwater Horizon blowout and spill, BP said Wednesday, 8 September 2010 ... |  Read More | |
| Onshore, offshore, processing, storage, and pipeline operations in high lightning areas are working to eliminate the risk of fire and downtime by taking on Mother Nature ... | | Read More | |
| BP this week will release the results of an internal investigation into the causes of the Deepwater Horizon explosion and oil spill ... | | Read More | |
| The US should place less emphasis on dictating safety measures for deepwater offshore operations and require companies to devise and implement risk management plans tailored to specific projects, the independent risk management foundation Det Norske ... | | Read More | |
| BP has spent more than $8 billion so far in expenses related to the deepwater Gulf of Mexico Macondo well blowout and spill, the company reported 3 September 2010 ... | | Read More | |
| On the heels of strong 2Q earnings, including a revenue boost of 11% from international markets, Halliburton executive Tim Probert talks to OE about oilfield technology trends, the Deepwater Horizon disaster and how ‘Big Red’ is positioning itself a... | | Read More | |
| The US Coast Guard confirmed Thursday, 2 September 2010 that it was responding to a fire at a Mariner Energy-operated production platform in Vermilion block 380 off the coast of Louisiana ... | | Read More | |
| Calmer seas could allow BP to begin the process of swapping out blowout preventers at the deepwater Gulf of Mexico Macondo well as early as Thursday, the federal official in charge of spill operations said Wednesday, 1 September 2010 | | Read More | |
| For more than 20 years, the UK’s Civil Aviation Authority has led various initiatives to reduce the risks to helicopters operating to moving platforms in the North Sea. Dr Athena Scaperdas and Dr Paul Gallagher of Atkins describe one such project . .... | | Read More | |
| When the ideal coiled tubing string for a sleeve-shifting operation was too heavy for the platform crane, the string was split and then rejoined offshore. BJ Services’ Godwin Effiong and Greg Dean explain how they kept the job safe . . . | | Read More | |
| High seas in the Gulf of Mexico will set back BP's plans to permanently plug the deepwater Macondo well by about three days, the federal official in charge of spill response operations said Monday, 30 August 2010 ... | | Read More | |
| BP was scheduled to replace the blowout preventer at the deepwater Gulf of Mexico Macondo well this week as the company prepares for an early September relief well bottom kill ... | | Read More | |
| Efforts to remove sections of pipe from the deepwater Gulf of Mexico Macondo well were pushed back 24-36 hours following the unscheduled removal of hydrate deposits in the well's capping stack ... | | Read More | |
| America's Jones Act fleet is committed to completing the clean-up of the Gulf oil spill as swiftly and effectively as possible, the Maritime Cabotage Task Force (MCTF) pledged today ... | | Read More | |
| Stavanger - A new collaboration between Norwegian research institutes and universities will seek to develop enhanced oil & gas recovery techniques and safety methods for North Sea fields ... | | Read More | |
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