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  • Total: Elgin Gas Leak Continuing (UK)

    28 March 2012

    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 […]

  • Total Restarts Elgin, Franklin Production (UK)

    11 March 2013

    Total announced the restart of production on the Elgin/Franklin area 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 30,000 boed in Total’s share), that is to […]

  • Elgin Gas Leak: Well Intervention Achievable

    6 April 2012
    Business & Finance

    The reconnaissance mission to the Elgin complex by a team of Total experts and specialist contractors has confirmed that planning for a well intervention operation to bring the leaking G4 well under control can continue as planned. After ensuring all necessary safety requirements had been met, the team disembarked from the helicopter and found no […]

  • UK: Total’s Crew Boards Elgin Complex

    6 April 2012
    Business & Finance

    Total’s experts and specialist contractors yesterday boarded the Elgin complex 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 equipment to perform […]

  • HD KSOE broadens presence in Vietnam with new strategic acquisition

    25 August 2025
    Business Developments & Projects, Outlook & Strategy

    South Korean HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering (HD KSOE), the intermediate holding company of HD Hyundai’s shipbuilding division, has decided to expand its footprint in Southeast Asia by acquiring Doosan Vina, an arm of Vietnam-based Doosan Enerbility. As disclosed, HD KSOE signed a stock purchase agreement with Doosan Enerbility on August 20. The deal […]

  • Golar LNG entrusts Seatrium with FLNG upgrade ahead of 20-year job in Argentina

    27 August 2025
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders

    Golar LNG has put Seatrium in charge of refurbishing its floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) unit before it embarks on its multi-year assignment at Argentina’s LNG project on the South American country’s Atlantic coast.

  • With EPC contractor picked, Mexican LNG plant targets mid-2028 exports

    12 August 2025
    Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders

    Amigo LNG, the Mexican joint venture between Texas-based Epcilon LNG and Singapore’s LNG Alliance, has handed out an engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) contract to Constructora Manzanillo SA de CV (COMSA Marine) for marine facilities at its proposed liquefied natural gas (LNG) export terminal in Guaymas, Sonora, Mexico.

  • Elgin Flood Alleviation Scheme Officially Unveiled

    4 April 2017
    Business & Finance

    A ceremony has taken place in Elgin to mark the official opening of the flood alleviation scheme designed by Royal HaskoningDHV. The scheme has been 13 years in the making, is the largest of the five schemes in the Moray framework and the last to be completed. Scotland’s largest flood alleviation scheme has been officially […]

  • Elgin-Franklin Contract for Safe Bristolia (UK)

    7 November 2012

    Cyprus-based Prosafe has been awarded a contract by Elf Exploration UK Ltd for the provision of the Safe Bristolia accommodation support rig at the Elgin-Franklin Facility in the UK sector of the North Sea. The firm period of the contract is 173 days with on-site operations planned to commence 1st May 2013. The owner of […]

  • 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.

  • Seatrium-Karpowership partnership giving LNG vessel trio new lease on life as FSRUs

    14 August 2025
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Vessels

    Seatrium is forging a new partnership bond with Türkiye’s floating power plant company Karpowership, which will enable the conversion, life extension, and repairs of three liquefied natural gas (LNG) carriers (LNGCs) into floating storage regasification units (FSRUs).

  • UK subsea technology and services firm appoints new CEO after a decade

    19 August 2025
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Human Capital, Outlook & Strategy, Vision

    UK-based subsea technology and services company SMD has appointed a new chief executive officer (CEO), after the previous one spent a decade in the role. The new CEO, Kenny Liu, is succeeding Julian Zhu, who led the establishment of SMD’s innovation division and oversaw the expansion of UK facilities. “It’s been a pleasure to serve […]

  • Fleetzero taps Glosten to design ‘world’s longest-range’ hybrid electric vessel

    19 August 2025
    Business Developments & Projects, Infrastructure, Project & Tenders, Vessels

    Modular marine batteries developer and maker Fleetzero has commissioned naval architecture company Glosten to design what is expected to be the world’s longest-range hybrid electric vessel.

  • Efforts ongoing to unlock West of Shetland trio’s hydrocarbon arsenal

    25 August 2025
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production

    Ithaca Energy, a North Sea oil and gas operator and producer, has reported significant progress toward unlocking long-term value creation in the West of Shetland area through targeted value-led investment into three oil and gas projects being developed on the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS).

  • 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, […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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) […]

  • 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 […]

  • More time for LNG terminal to kick off exports in Louisiana

    25 August 2025
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Regulation & Policy, Rules & Regulation

    Energy Transfer LNG Export, a subsidiary of U.S.-based Energy Transfer, has been given additional time to start liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports to non-free trade agreement (non-FTA) countries from its proposed export project on Louisiana’s Gulf Coast.

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • Wan Hai Lines marks eco-friendly 13K TEU boxship series as complete

    15 August 2025
    Business Developments & Projects, Vessels

    Taiwan-based shipping company Wan Hai Lines has held a naming ceremony for its brand-new, energy-efficient container vessel built by South Korea’s Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI). As disclosed, the containership was christened WAN HAI A20 on August 14 at Samsung Heavy Industries’ Geoje shipyard. Now that it has been handed over, the newbuilding is set to be […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]