278 results found for 'black elk fire'

278 results found for 'black elk fire'
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  • Two North Sea oil & gas operators slapped with $469K fine for breaches in UK waters

    15 January 2026
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Regulation & Policy, Rules & Regulation

    Given its quest to come to grips with consent breaches on well decommissioning and excessive flaring and venting on the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS), Great Britain’s regulator, North Sea Transition Authority (NSTA), has imposed a penalty of £350,000 (around $469,000) on CNR International and NEO.

  • Eni going full steam ahead with drilling campaign in Gulf of Suez

    29 December 2025
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Regulation & Policy

    As the dash for gas off the coast of Egypt continues to run unabated, the country’s Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources has visited the drilling site of the first well in the drilling program, Italy’s energy giant Eni is currently undertaking in the Gulf of Suez with a rig owned by Shelf Drilling, now part of ADES.

  • BP’s dash for gas: Five-well drilling campaign on Mediterranean’s horizon

    9 September 2025
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Regulation & Policy

    BP has taken steps to expand its natural gas arsenal in the Mediterranean Sea by striking a deal with Egypt for a multi-well drilling campaign, which is expected to yield new finds that will prolong the lifespan of existing production facilities in the West Nile Delta.

  • Chevron, Höegh Evi, SLB, and Energean helping Egypt expand energy horizons to fuel its future

    15 September 2025
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Environment, Exploration & Production, Outlook & Strategy, Regulation & Policy, Rules & Regulation, Transition

    Given the ongoing global energy security concerns, Egypt has taken further steps to deepen energy alliances with international players, including Chevron, Hoegh Evi, SLB, and Energean. These and similar undertakings are paving the way to boost exploration, liquefied natural gas (LNG), and sustainability efforts.

  • Two organizations shake hands to work on nuclear-powered shipping and TNPP

    22 July 2025
    Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Research & Development, Transition

    The World Nuclear Transport Institute (WNTI) and the Nuclear Energy Maritime Organisation (NEMO) have penned a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to collaborate on advancing nuclear-powered shipping and transportable nuclear power plants (TNPP). As disclosed, the partners will seek to pioneer the creation of international standards that put the priority mark on safety, security and sustainability […]

  • More time for UK operator to breathe life into two North Sea oil discoveries

    18 June 2025
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Regulation & Policy

    Orcadian Energy has received a license extension, which enables it to pursue the development of two oil discoveries in the North Sea that are planned to be developed in tandem using a pair of wellhead platforms tied back to a floating production, storage, and offloading (FPSO) vessel envisioned to be deployed at another project under development on the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS).

  • New report outlines pathway to scaling up Scotland’s tidal energy sector

    13 May 2025
    Authorities & Government, Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Environment, Outlook & Strategy, Regulation & Policy, Research & Development, Safety

    A new report from the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) calls for coordinated regulatory reform to unlock Scotland’s tidal energy potential while addressing environmental concerns over harbour seals. According to EMEC, the new report published today, May 13, Managing the Consenting Risk of Harbour Seal Collision in the Scottish Tidal Energy Industry, outlines key recommendations […]

  • Court Dismisses Lawsuit Against Black Elk Energy CEO

    2 August 2013

    Black Elk Energy Offshore Operations, LLC (“BEEOO”), an independent oil and gas company headquartered in Houston, announced this week that the 164th District Court of Harris County, Texas, recently dismissed a lawsuit filed by a small group of seed capital investors in Black Elk Energy, LLC against the majority unit holders and John Hoffman, Chief […]

  • Black Elk Recovers Body of Crew Member. One Still Missing (USA)

    19 November 2012

    Black Elk has recovered a body of one of the two workers who went missing after an explosion hit the company’s platform located at West Delta 32 Block, in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico approximately 17 miles southeast of Grand Isle, La. “We recovered one of the missing workers and the U.S. Coast Guard transported the […]

  • Black Elk fined over fatal Gulf of Mexico platform explosion

    1 September 2017

    Houston-based oil company Black Elk Energy (BEE) has been convicted of worker safety and clean water act violations in connection with a fatal offshore platform explosion in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico and ordered to pay a $4.2 million fine.  Black Elk was sentenced on Thursday on eight felony violations of the Outer Continental Shelf […]

  • BSEE: Black Elk Energy Must Improve Safety Performance (USA)

    22 November 2012

    The Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement yesterday notified Black Elk Energy Offshore Operations, LLC (Black Elk) that the company must take immediate steps to improve its safety performance on the U.S. Outer Continental Shelf (OCS). The specific actions were detailed in a letter to the company that follows a number of enforcement actions taken […]

  • Black Elk Ends Search for Missing Offshore Worker (USA)

    21 November 2012

    Search and rescue efforts to find the worker who went missing following the explosion on the Black Elk-operated offshore platform, off the coast of Louisiana, have been suspended. The company issued a statement last night saying that based on the advice and counsel of search and rescue experts it would now end the search after […]

  • Worker Dies of Burns from U.S. Gulf Platform Fire

    25 November 2012

    Avelino Tajonera, one of the four Filipino workers that were injured in the oil platform explosion off the coast of Louisiana a week ago, died in hospital on Friday. The Philippines Ambassador in Washington, Jose L. Cuisia Jr. said Tajonera, who was one of two workers listed in critical condition, died early on Friday, shortly […]

  • Black Elk Energy Raising Cash for Families Affected by November Rig Incident

    21 January 2013
    Business & Finance

    Black Elk Energy Offshore Operations, LLC, an independent oil & gas company, has teamed up with Oilfield Helping Hands to host a special tribute sporting clay shoot called the West Delta 32 Fundraiser. The event will be held on March 15th at the GOL Shooting Range in Maurice, LA. Proceeds will assist those families affected […]

  • ABSG: Welders to Blame for Black Elk Platform Explosion

    22 August 2013

    An explosion and fire during a construction project last November on a Gulf of Mexico oil production platform operated by Black Elk Energy Offshore Operations, LLC occurred after contractors failed to follow standard safety practices, a third-party investigator has concluded. The platform is located at West Delta 32 Block in the Gulf of Mexico, 17 […]

  • Black Elk Energy Still Searching for Missing Offshore Worker (USA)

    20 November 2012

    Black Elk Energy Offshore Operations, LLC yesterday announced it would continue the search efforts throughout the night for the worker who went missing in an offshore oil platform explosion. The worker has been unaccounted for since Friday, November 16, when the explosion hit the Black Elk-operated oil platform located at West Delta 32 Block, in the […]

  • Black Elk Energy Holds West Delta 32 Charity Event (USA)

    21 March 2013
    Business & Finance

    Black Elk Energy, an independent oil and gas company headquartered in Houston, announced the success of the West Delta 32 charity event. Black Elk Energy and Oilfield Helping Hands teamed up to host a special tribute sporting clay shoot for the 6 families affected by the incident on the West Delta 32 platform this past […]

  • BSEE: Black Elk, Contractors to Blame for WD 32 E Platform Explosion

    5 November 2013

    The Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) today released the panel investigation report into the November 16, 2012 explosion and fire that occurred on a platform operated by Black Elk Energy Offshore Operations. The explosion and fire resulted in the tragic deaths of Ellroy Corporal, Jerome Malagapo, and Avelino Tajonera, serious injuries to others, […]

  • BP’s fourth subsea gas project is a go as new discovery springs up in Trinidad and Tobago

    2 April 2025
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production

    BP Trinidad and Tobago (bpTT), a subsidiary of the UK-based energy giant BP, has found more gas and taken a final investment decision (FID) for a natural gas project off Trinidad’s southeast coast.

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    10 November 2013

    Top News of The Week November 4-9, 2013

  • Fire Catches GoM Platform. Two Workers Missing

    18 November 2012

     Black Elk Energy Offshore Operations, LLC confirmed that a fire ignited Friday morning on the company’s platform located at West Delta 32 Block, in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico approximately 17 miles southeast of Grand Isle, La. There were 22 workers on the platform at the time of the incident. Two workers went missing. Nine workers […]

  • Body of Third Filipino Worker Killed in Rig Accident Recovered (USA)

    30 November 2012

    The death toll in the November 16 explosion and fire that hit an oil platform in the Gulf of Mexico has climbed to three after authorities positively identified the body recovered on Monday (Tuesday in Manila) as that of a missing Filipino worker. Jose L. Cuisia, Ambassador of the Republic of the Philippines to the […]

  • Civil trial starts for fatal offshore platform accident

    20 June 2016

    A civil trial is expected to open on Monday, stemming from a fatal 2012 explosion aboard a U.S. Gulf of Mexico platform. The explosion and fire aboard the Black Elk Energy-operated West Delta 32 platform resulted in the tragic deaths of Ellroy Corporal, Jerome Malagapo, and Avelino Tajonera, serious injuries to others, and the discharge […]

  • Companies face manslaughter charges over fatal rig explosion

    20 November 2015
    Exploration & Production

    The U.S. Department of Justice has charged three companies and three individuals with crimes related to an oil rig explosion in the Gulf of Mexico, in November 2012.  Black Elk Energy Offshore Operations LLC, Grand Isle Shipyards, Wood Group PSN, as well as Don Moss, Curtis Dantin, and Christopher Srubar have been charged with crimes […]

  • Duo in talks to boost stake in two blocks offshore Angola

    18 March 2025
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects

    Afentra has acknowledged the growing media speculating over its alleged attempt to up its stake in two Angolan offshore blocks by confirming its participation in discussions, together with one of its joint venture (JV) partners, to buy the stake of another JV partner.