276 results found for 'black elk fire'

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  • 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 […]

  • BP eyes first gas months earlier with subsea ops already underway, as Valaris rig moves to next well

    14 January 2025
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production

    UK-headquartered energy giant BP has wrapped up drilling activities at two wells, targeting to bring them on stream next month.

  • 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 […]

  • ExxonMobil, QatarEnergy get drilling ops with Valaris rig underway as Cyprus and Egypt sow the seeds of energy bonds

    24 January 2025
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Regulation & Policy

    ExxonMobil and QatarEnergy have fired the starting gun on drilling activities off the coast of Cyprus, using one of the drillships owned by Valaris.

  • 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 […]

  • Black Elk Energy to Start Gulf Drilling Campaign Next Month (USA)

    18 October 2012

    Black Elk Energy Offshore Operations, LLC, an independent oil and gas company, announced yesterday their Board of Managers has approved a 23 well capital campaign that will begin monetizing the companies “proved undeveloped reserve” inventory. Black Elk Energy plans to begin drilling and major rig work on the first of the 23 wells beginning in […]

  • Orcadian Energy seeking FPSO for North Sea oilfield development

    28 October 2021
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Vessels

    Orcadian has received three expressions of interest for the provision of an FPSO vessel for the Pilot development in the North Sea.

  • InterOil*s Petroleum Retention License Granted (Papua New Guinea)

    3 December 2010

    InterOil Corporation, today announced that it has been granted Petroleum Retention License (PRL) No. 15, covering blocks including and surrounding the Elk and Antelope fields, unifying the fields into a single license separate from our exploration acreage and specifying minimum work commitment activities over the next five years. Phil Mulacek, CEO of InterOil, commented: “Grant […]

  • SMIT Elbe – First Tugboat in The Netherlands Fuelled with GTL

    23 December 2013
    Business & Finance

    The Boskalis vessel the SMIT Elbe in the port of Rotterdam has become the first tugboat in the Netherlands to be fuelled with Shell GTL. GTL, which stands for gas-to-liquids, is a liquid fuel made from natural gas converted into synthetic diesel. GTL produces far fewer nitrogen oxide, sulphur dioxide, fine dust particles and black […]

  • Edison Chouest to hire more Guyanese workers

    31 July 2018

    U.S. offshore vessel owner Edison Chouest will employ more Guyanese workers aboard its vessels supporting ExxonMobil’s drilling operations in the Stabroek block, offshore Guyana.

  • Regulator takes away two licenses offshore Canada

    2 November 2016

    Offshore safety regulator, the Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Petroleum Board (C-NLOPB), has canceled two Exploration Licenses (ELs) 1127 and 1128, both held in full by Black Spruce Exploration, due to non-compliance with the terms and conditions of the license agreement.  C-NLOPB said on Tuesday that the owner did not meet its obligations regarding the Environmental […]

  • Damen to Deliver Fourth HST Fast Crew Supplier in December

    31 October 2019

    The fourth Damen Fast Crew Supplier (FCS) 2710 for High Speed Transfers (HST) – to be named HST Euan – is taking its final steps toward completion and will be delivered to its owner and operator in December. The HST Euan delivery will follow the recent handover of HST Harri, the third FCS 2710 ordered by […]

  • The Netherlands: Imtech Joins MLK Projects to Work on Compact Offshore Substation

    22 October 2012
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    Mercon and Liandon announce that Imtech has joined their MLK Projects consortium. MLK Projects was founded by Liandon and Mercon earlier this year to market a new innovation in offshore substations named COSS for Compact Offshore Substation. As associated engineering company, KCI was heavily involved in the design. Victor Krijt, Business Development Manager at Liandon […]

  • The Netherlands: Imtech Joins MLK Projects to Work on Compact Offshore Substation

    22 October 2012
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    Mercon and Liandon announce that Imtech has joined their MLK Projects consortium. MLK Projects was founded by Liandon and Mercon earlier this year to market a new innovation in offshore substations named COSS for Compact Offshore Substation. As associated engineering company, KCI was heavily involved in the design. Victor Krijt, Business Development Manager at Liandon […]

  • Two players working to bring North Sea prospect to drill-ready status

    11 October 2021
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Exploration & Production, Project & Tenders, Research & Development

    Orcadian Energy has reached a non-binding agreement with Carrick Resources related to a farm-out of a prospect in the UK North Sea.

  • Petroceltic Announces New Egyptian Exploration Licence Awards

    19 April 2013
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    Petroceltic International plc (“Petroceltic” or the “Company”), the upstream oil and gas exploration and production company focused on North Africa, the Mediterranean and the Black Sea regions announces its participation in a joint venture with Edison International Spa (“Edison”) which was the successful bidder for two blocks, North Thekah and South Idku, in the Egyptian […]

  • Subsea7 expands its scope for giant Black Sea gas project with IRM services

    30 December 2024
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Equipment, Exploration & Production, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders

    Subsea7 has secured a contract with Turkish Petroleum Offshore Technology Center (TP-OTC) to provide inspection, repair and maintenance (IRM) services for Türkiye’s largest natural gas field. The contract for the Sakarya gas field development in the Black Sea includes project management and engineering executed and managed from Subsea7 offices in Istanbul, Türkiye, and Aberdeen, Scotland, […]

  • InterOil: PNG Govt Approves PRL39

    9 December 2013

    InterOil announced that the PNG Department of Petroleum and Energy has approved the company’s application for Petroleum Retention License 39, which includes the Triceratops discovery. Additionally, InterOil is providing further clarification regarding the fixed and variable payments agreed to with Total Sin relation to the sale of a gross 61.3% (net 47.5%, after PNG government […]

  • BG to drill for oil and gas offshore Newfoundland, Canada

    28 September 2015

    British oil and gas company BG Group has acquired stakes in three blocks offshore Newfoundland, Canada. The firm, soon to be acquired by Shell, has bought the Canadian offshore acreage from Spain’s Repsol, which recently bought the Canadian oil and gas company Talisman for $8.3 billion. “This provides the company with access to early stage […]

  • Families of El Faro’s Polish Crew Sue Ship’s Owner

    3 November 2015
    Business & Finance

    Lawyers representing the families of the five Polish crew members of the sunken El Faro cargo ship have filed suit against the ship’s owner Tote Services and the estate of the vessel’s captain, Michael Davidson. The El Faro, a 735-foot ro-ro cargo ship owned by TOTE Maritime, carrying 33 crew members onboard, sank on October 1st succumbing to the […]

  • Trinity Spuds El Dorado Well Offshore Trinidad & Tobago

    6 December 2013

    Trinity Exploration & Production plc, an independent E&P company focused on Trinidad and Tobago today began drilling operations on its El Dorado exploration prospect. The well is located off the West Coast of Trinidad in the PGB license in 60 ft of water and lies approximately 2km from Trinity operated production infrastructure. Trinity is operating […]

  • Wartsila starts work on El Salvador LNG power plant

    8 January 2019

    Finnish technology group Wärtsilä said Tuesday it recently started site work for a new 378 megawatt power plant in El Salvador to be fired by liquefied natural gas (LNG). This facility, ordered by Energía del Pacífico, is being supplied by Wärtsilä on an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract won back in 2015. The power plant will be […]

  • ExxonMobil offer ‘inadequate’, former InterOil CEO says

    26 July 2016

    Former InterOil CEO Phil Mulacek on Monday issued a comment on the recent ExxonMobil’s US$2.5 billion offer to acquire InterOil, claiming the shareholders will forego billions of dollars of value.

  • ZIM splashes $320 million on seven containerships

    22 October 2021
    Business & Finance, Vessels

    Israeli shipping company ZIM Integrated Shipping Services has revealed that during the month of October the firm acquired seven secondhand boxships in a number of separate transactions.