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  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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, […]

  • 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: 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 […]

  • 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 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 […]

  • Tekmar, Jan De Nul sign framework agreement for TenneT’s 2 GW offshore grid

    14 October 2025
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects

    Tekmar Group has signed a framework agreement with Jan De Nul for the engineering, manufacturing, and supply of the cable protection system (CPS) for TenneT’s 2 GW offshore grid connection program in Germany. The first awards under the agreement cover two projects. Work has commenced immediately on the first project, with delivery expected in 2027. […]

  • 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: Total Prepares Operations to Stop Leak on Elgin Platform

    3 April 2012
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    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 […]

  • Japanese trio reaches 98% methane slip cut on LNG-fueled vessels

    8 October 2025
    Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Research & Development, Technology

    Japanese shipping giant Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL), and compatriot Kanadevia Corporation and Yanmar Power Solutions, part of diesel engine and machinery manufacturer Yanmar Holdings, have accomplished a ‘tremendous’ methane slip reduction from vessels powered by liquefied natural gas (LNG) during recent onboard trials. As disclosed, the three partners have managed to achieve a 98% methane […]

  • Fincantieri subsidiary to equip Jan De Nul’s new vessel with advanced rock placement system

    9 October 2025
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Equipment, Innovation, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Vessels

    Remazel Engineering, a company of Italian shipbuilding group Fincantieri, has secured a contract for the delivery of a high-capacity rock placement system for Jan De Nul’s recently ordered subsea rock installation vessel (SRIV). Jan De Nul reported some ten days ago that it had ordered the new SRIV, named George W. Goethals, in response 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 Hosts Press Conference on Elgin Platform Incident

    1 April 2012
    Business & Finance

    Total hosted a press conference, attended by Rt Hon Charles Hendry, MP, Minister of State for the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) at which it provided further details of the scale of its work to control the release of non-toxic gas from the G4 well on the Elgin field platform and confirmed that […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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, […]

  • VIDEO: Total’s Solution for Stopping Elgin Gas Leak (UK)

    11 April 2012

    French oil major Total, the operator of the Elgin platform, from which gas has been flowing into the atmosphere since March 25, has published a video which describes Total’s strategy to regain control of the leaking well. kitd.html5loader(“flash_kplayer_708f2ea1bafs”);       [mappress] Offshore Energy Today Staff, April 11, 2012    

  • Total Buys GDF Suez’s Stake in Elgin/Franklin Fields, Offshore UK

    7 December 2011
    Business & Finance

    French oil giant Total, operator of the Elgin/Franklin fields in the British sector of the North Sea, announces the purchase of GDF SUEZ’s share in the two fields for an enterprise value of €590 million. This participation is held through a 22.5% interest in the company Elgin Franklin Oil & Gas (EFOG). By giving Total […]

  • Elgin Gas Leak: Total Installs Diverter on G4 Well (UK)

    26 April 2012
    Business & Finance, Equipment

    Further significant steps have been taken this week towards stopping the Elgin gas leak, including the installation of a key piece of equipment on the G4 well to divert leaking gas away from the wellhead platform. Known as a diverter, this specially manufactured device has been connected to the G4 wellhead and is now carrying […]

  • UK: Total Takes Further Steps in Stopping Elgin Gas Leak

    26 April 2012
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    Further significant steps have been taken this week towards stopping the Elgin gas leak, including the installation of a key piece of equipment on the G4 well to divert leaking gas away from the wellhead platform. Known as a diverter, this specially manufactured device has been connected to the G4 wellhead and is now carrying […]

  • VIDEO: Total to Pump Heavy Mud into Gas Leaking G4 Well at Elgin (UK)

    7 May 2012
    Business & Finance

    French supermajor Total said an important progress in stopping the leak on the G4 well on the Elgin complex was made on May 4 when the semi-submersible drilling rig, the West Phoenix, moved within the current exclusion zone ready to position itself directly alongside the complex. The dynamically positioned rig will be the main support […]

  • UK: Total Announces Purchase of GDF SUEZ’s Share in Elgin Franklin

    7 December 2011
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    Total, operator of the Elgin/Franklin fields in the British sector of the North Sea, announces the purchase of GDF SUEZ’s share in the two fields for an enterprise value of €590 million. This participation is held through a 22.5% interest in the company Elgin Franklin Oil & Gas (EFOG). By giving Total control of the […]

  • UK: Total Conducts Further Operations on Stopping Elgin Gas Leak

    7 May 2012
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    An important advancement in stopping the leak on the G4 well on the Elgin complex was made on 4 May when the semi-submersible drilling rig, the West Phoenix, moved within the current exclusion zone ready to position itself directly alongside the complex. This dynamically positioned rig will be the main support vessel during the forthcoming […]