Origin responds to drilling materials supply incidentMar 17, 2014Origin Energy has taken the precautionary measure to suspend its drilling operations across 12 rig sites in south
Another potential catastrophe on the horizonMar 7, 2014Experts from the global oil and gas industry have heard that a catastrophic disaster can – and will – happen again if
TAQA reports incident at North Sea Harding platformFeb 28, 2014TAQA regrets to confirm there has been a fatality on the Harding platform in the UK North Sea. A TAQA employee fell overboard during a maintenance activity on the platform.
Setting the standard for safetyFeb 20, 2014Gone are the days where a refrigerated unit was a 20ft container with a fridge pack attached. In today’s offshore environment it
Reflex marine launch newly developed FROG-XTFeb 18, 2014Reflex Marine has launched its newly developed FROG-XT4. The company previously unveiled a prototype of the crew-transfer device at Offshore Europe in 2013, which attracted a number of inquiries
Aquatic enhances health and safety training for offshore personnelFeb 17, 2014Aquatic Engineering & Construction Ltd, an Acteon company, has worked with specialist health and safety training provider Survivex, to create a bespoke course for its offshore teams who work at height using harnesses
Energy Institute introduces a new series of process safety management guidanceJan 31, 2014Process safety management (PSM) is vital in ensuring the safe and efficient running of operations in major accident
Statoil reports oil leak on Statfjord CJan 28, 2014Gas detection was reported on Statfjord C at 03.30 Sunday morning. The alarm was triggered by an oil leak.
Open hearing on Mongstad projectsJan 21, 2014Statoil will be present today for the first day of the Storting's open hearing regarding the state's handling of the carbon projects at Mongstad.
Statoil reports well situation on Snorre AJan 21, 2014On Saturday evening a situation arose in which drill fluid was lost as a new well was being drilled on Snorre A, in the Tampen area of the North Sea.
Suncor Energy reports employee fatality at its Oil Sands siteJan 21, 2014It is with deepest regrets that Suncor Energy reports there has been an employee fatality at its Oil Sands site on Sunday January 19, 2014.
Energen updates production impact of Permian ice stormsJan 20, 2014Energen Corporation updated the estimated production impacts of two fourth quarter 2013 ice storms in the Permian Basin.
Lundin Petroleum reports incident on Bredford Dolphin rigJan 20, 2014During drilling operations on the Bredford Dolphin rig, operated by Lundin Norway, an incident occurred at 01.45 yesterday (16.01.14) morning.
Statoil recover quickly from gas leak on Statfjord ADec 31, 2013On Saturday 28 December, an oil and gas leak was reported on the Statfjord A platform in the North Sea. Statfjord A was depressurized and shut
RasGas celebrates record safety milestoneDec 3, 2013RasGas Company Limited celebrated an unprecedented record of 100 million work manhours Lost Time Incident (LTI) free at a ceremony
Atlantic Petroleum temporarily suspended production from the Chestnut fieldNov 25, 2013Atlantic Petroleum says that production from the Chestnut field has been temporarily suspended as a precautionary measure in response to an issue
BP makes Gulf of Mexico environmental data publicly availableNov 21, 2013BP announced it is launching an effort to make a vast quantity of environmental data collected from the Gulf of Mexico publicly available and easily
Fatal accident on the Antwerp PlatformNov 21, 2013An explosion occurred in a unit at the Total Antwerp refinery at around 3:00 p.m. on November 19. Unfortunately, two contractor employees were killed.
SBM and MSTS/Falck Safety Services Malaysia announced winners at global safety awardsNov 21, 2013The winners of OPITO’s annual global oil and gas workforce safety awards have been announced in the presence of Suhail Mohamed Al Mazrouei, the Minister of Energy for the United Arad Emirates.
Ocean Signal personal locator beacon saves two people from sinking catamaran in Atlantic Ocean rescueNov 20, 2013An Ocean Signal rescue ME PLB1 was key to saving the lives of two people after a dramatic rescue in the Atlantic Ocean.
Short film reinforces the drive for common global training standards to improve safety in Oil & GasNov 20, 2013OPITO is heightening its campaign for common global training standards across the oil and gas industry to dramatically improve safety with the launch of a short film.
Statoil accepts Oseberg C fineNov 20, 2013Statoil has decided to accept the NOK 10 million fine imposed on the company for sending 180 cubic metres of wash water with chemicals and scale
Baker Hughes declares force majeure in IraqNov 13, 2013Baker Hughes Incorporated announced that a protest incident by local residents occurred last Saturday at a subsidiary's facility near Basrah, Iraq.
DNV GL recommends ways to make LNG bunkering safe and efficientOct 16, 2013One of the key hurdles to the increased global use of ships fuelled by Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) is the lack of harmonisation of bunkering operations.
