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  • Total to Permanently Secure Elgin Well by Mid-September

    3 August 2012
    Business & Finance

    Since the gas leak on the Elgin G4 well was stopped by a successful well intervention operation on 15 May, the G4 well has remained stable and significant further progress has been made moving towards a permanent solution. Total and its contractors have now restarted the essential safety and support systems on board the Elgin […]

  • UK: Total gets fined for Elgin gas leak

    22 December 2015

    French oil major Total has reportedly been fined for a gas leak that occurred on its Elgin platform, in the UK North Sea, back in 2012.  Offshore Energy Today recently reported that Total was due to appear in court as it had been charged for the Elgin gas leak under offshore installations regulations. According to BBC, […]

  • Elgin Incident: Flare Extinguished. No Explosion Threat (UK)

    1 April 2012
    Business & Finance

    French oil giant Total, which has been fighting to stop a natural gas leak at its Elgin Field,located in the UK North Sea approximately 240 km east of Aberdeen, yesterday announced that the flare on the Elgin platform extinguished itself. „We received the first indication that the flare may be out at 13.07 (French time) […]

  • Total secures Prosafe flotel for accommodation support on Elgin

    1 August 2019
    Business & Finance, Exploration & Production

    Prosafe has signed a contract with Total E&P UK Limited for the Safe Caledonia to provide accommodation support at the Elgin complex in the UK sector of the North Sea.

  • Elgin Incident: Total Begins Dynamic Kill Operations

    16 May 2012

    French supermajor Total informed the Department of Energy and Climate Change that their dynamic kill operation to try to stop the gas release from the Elgin well began yesterday. DECC have been working closely with TOTAL and gave environmental consent to the company earlier in May to pump heavy mud into the well via a […]

  • Production Resumes from Elgin/Franklin Area (UK)

    11 March 2013
    Business & Finance

    French oil major Total announces the restart of production on the Elgin/Franklin area in the UK North Sea on 9 March 2013, following the approval of the safety case by the UK Health and Safety Executive (HSE). Production resumes gradually and should soon reach close to 70,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day (boed; approximately […]

  • Aker Solutions cuts workforce and capacity due to lower activity outlook

    8 January 2026
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Human Capital, Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Vision

    Norwegian energy services provider Aker Solutions is set to make workforce and capacity cuts as a response to an anticipated decrease in activity levels this year. After several years of record-high workload, Aker Solutions announced yesterday, January 7, that it expects activity levels to decrease in 2026 compared to 2025 and will, in order to adapt […]

  • Total: Plans on Stopping Elgin Gas Leak Progressing (UK)

    20 April 2012
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    The two technical solutions to stop the gas leak on well G4 of the Elgin platform are progressing according to plan. As announced, drilling of the G4 relief well (G4-K1) commenced while in parallel experts continued with key tasks in preparation for the well control operation to stop the leak on the Elgin platform. The […]

  • UK: Total Prepares to Regain Control of Elgin Gas Leak

    3 April 2012
    Business & Finance

    Following confirmation on Saturday morning (31 March) that the flare on the Elgin Platform has extinguished itself, Total is actively preparing operations to regain control of the leaking well. With respect to stopping the leak, Total has launched two main actions which are progressing in parallel. – The first action plan is to carry out […]

  • UK: Total Prepares for Well Control Operation on Elgin Platform

    6 April 2012
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    Total announces that its experts and specialist contractors boarded the Elgin complex yesterday and successfully carried out their objective. In a key milestone toward bringing the situation under control, the team spent nearly four hours on the Elgin complex to gather preliminary information that will be used to assist in preparation for deploying the necessary […]

  • UK: Total Makes Progress on Stopping Elgin Platform Leak

    15 April 2012
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    Total has made significant progress in the past week towards stopping the gas leak on well G4 on its Elgin platform. This included preparatory work for its planned well control operation and the drilling of both a primary and a back-up relief well. Following an initial reconnaissance mission on April 5th, involving experts from Total […]

  • Total faces prosecution over Elgin gas leak

    17 March 2014

    French oil major Total may face prosecution over the 2012 gas leak incident at its Elgin field platform in the UK part of the North Sea, 240 km from Aberdeen. According to the British media, the UK Health and Safety Executive has filed the final report on the incident to the Scotland’s Crown Office for review, recommending prosecution. To […]

  • UK: Total charged over Elgin gas leak

    18 December 2015

    French oil major Total has reportedly been charged for a gas leak on one of its North Sea platforms in 2012.  Namely, back in March 2012, Total’s Elgin platform, located in the UK North Sea 240 km from Aberdeen, experienced a gas leak on the G4 well spurring evacuation of 238 people from Elgin and […]

  • UK: Gas Leak at Elgin Platform Remains Ongoing, Total Says

    28 March 2012
    Business & Finance

    On 25 March, Total reported that a gas leak following a well operation occurred on the same day at the wellhead platform on the Elgin gas field which is located in the UK North Sea approximately 240 km east of Aberdeen. Total immediately launched internal emergency procedures and Crisis Management Teams have been mobilized in […]

  • Elgin Incident: Total’s Plans to Stop Gas Leak Progressing

    15 April 2012

    French oil major Total, which has been working to halt a gas leak at Elgin platform, in a statement made on Friday said that it has made significant progress in the past week towards stopping the gas leak on well G4 on its Elgin platform. This included preparatory work for its planned well control operation […]

  • UK: Final Preparations for Planned Well Intervention on Elgin Platform

    11 May 2012
    Operations & Maintenance

    Final preparations for the planned well intervention on Elgin’s leaking G4 well are nearing completion. These have included the West Phoenix drilling rig positioning itself about 30 metres away from the Elgin complex ready to support the operation. Weather permitting, the well intervention should now start within a very few days. Before moving alongside Elgin, […]

  • Dutch shipyard to build 24-meter autonomous wind-powered vessel

    25 December 2025
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Green Marine, Innovation, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Technology, Transition, Vessels, Vision

    Clippership, a U.S.-headquartered company developing autonomous wind-powered ships, has signed a construction contract for its first 24-meter class zero emission autonomous wind-powered cargo vessel with Dutch shipyard KM Yachtbuilders. The vessel features twin, foldable rigid wings for primary wind propulsion, is designed for open-ocean autonomy, and has a cargo capacity of up to 75 Euro-pallets […]

  • Elgin Gas Leak: Total Spuds Relief Well (UK)

    18 April 2012

    Oil major Total has announced that the Sedco 714 rig has initiated drilling of the first relief well as part of the company’s strategy to stop the Elgin G4 gas leak. The gas has been flowing freely to the atmosphere from the G4 well since March 25 when the company was forced to evacuate all […]

  • UK: Total Shuts Production on Elgin Field Due to Gas Leak

    28 March 2012
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    On 25 March, Total reported that a gas leak following a well operation occurred on the same day at the wellhead platform on the Elgin gas field which is located in the UK North Sea approximately 240 km east of Aberdeen. Total immediately launched internal emergency procedures and Crisis Management Teams have been mobilized in […]

  • UK: Total Starts Well Intervention Operation on Elgin Complex

    15 May 2012
    Operations & Maintenance

    Total has started the planned well intervention operation to stop the leak from the G4 well on the Elgin complex. The well intervention operation got underway this morning with the pumping of heavy mud into the well from the main support vessel, the West Phoenix semi-submersible drilling rig, via a temporary pipeline connected to the […]

  • UK: Elgin Gas Leak Causes No Harm to Marine Life

    20 April 2012
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development

    Chemical testing of water and sediment samples gathered two miles from the Elgin platform gas leak indicate there has been no direct marine contamination from the incident. Samples collected were tested for the presence of oil and gas (hydrocarbon) pollution at the Marine Scotland Science laboratory in Aberdeen. Results are now available for seawater and […]

  • UK: Total Confirms Success of Well Intervention on Elgin Platform

    21 May 2012
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    Following 5 days of close monitoring, Total is now able to confirm the success of the intervention conducted on May 15th on the leaking G4 well on the Elgin complex, 240 kilometers from Aberdeen in the UK North Sea. To regain control of the well, heavy mud was pumped into G4 well from the semi-submersible […]

  • UK: Flare at Elgin Platform Could Ignite Gas Cloud, Experts Say

    29 March 2012
    Business & Finance

      The gas leak that occurred at the wellhead platform on the Total-operated Elgin field in the UK North Sea, remains ongoing, the operator reports. The gas has been flowing since Sunday, March 25th, when Total evacuated all the personnel from the Elgin platform. The precise cause of the gas leak, that has been flowing approximately […]

  • Elgin Gas Leak: Well Intervention Preps Almost Done (VIDEO)

    11 May 2012
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    Final preparations for the planned well intervention on Elgin’s leaking G4 well are nearing completion. These have included the West Phoenix drilling rig positioning itself about 30 metres away from the Elgin complex ready to support the operation. Weather permitting, the well intervention should now start within a very few days. Before moving alongside Elgin, […]

  • Marine Scotland: Elgin Leak Causes No Harm to Marine Life

    20 April 2012
    Business & Finance

    Chemical testing of water and sediment samples gathered two miles from the Elgin platform gas leak indicate there has been no direct marine contamination from the incident. Samples collected were tested for the presence of oil and gas (hydrocarbon) pollution at the Marine Scotland Science laboratory in Aberdeen. Results are now available for seawater and […]