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  • 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 […]

  • For a greener tomorrow: Hapag-Lloyd’s 23K+ LNG dual-fuel fleet is now complete

    11 June 2025
    Infrastructure, Vessels

    German container shipping major Hapag-Lloyd has taken delivery of the twelfth and final vessel of the eco-friendly Hamburg Express class.

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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    

  • 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: 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, […]

  • PIL adds second 8,200 TEU containership to LNG dual-fuel fleet

    9 June 2025
    Business Developments & Projects, Green Marine, Infrastructure, Vessels

    Singapore-based shipping company Pacific International Lines (PIL) is advancing its fleet renewal program with the addition of another 8,200 TEU LNG dual-fuel containership.

  • 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 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 […]

  • 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 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 […]

  • 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: 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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, […]

  • UAE subsea player grows Saab ROV fleet to nine

    4 June 2025
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Equipment, Innovation, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Technology

    The UAE-based CCC (Underwater Engineering) has upgraded its fleet with a new Saab remotely operated vehicle (ROV) with the aim of strengthening its offshore inspection and construction capabilities. According to Saab UK, the Saab Seaeye Panther XTP is a compact, powerful ROV designed for a wide range of offshore inspection and intervention tasks, and has […]

  • ABL wins MWS role for US-Canada subsea cable project

    12 June 2025
    Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Equipment, Exploration & Production, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Technology

    Norway’s ABL, part of Oslo-listed energy and marine consultancy ABL Group, has been selected by Blackstone-owned Transmission Developers to provide marine warranty survey (MWS) services for the transport and installation (T&I) of subsea cable segments of the Champlain Hudson Power Express (CHPE) project. According to ABL, the 339-mile (approximately 545 kilometers) high-voltage direct current (HVDC) […]

  • Mitsubishi Heavy Industries places bet on Japanese clean fuels production start-up

    12 June 2025
    Business Developments & Projects

    Japan’s Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) has opted to invest in iPEACE223, a compatriot start-up company focused on engineering the technology needed for the production of carbon-neutral, clean fuel from bioethanol. Through its investment in the Tokyo-headquartered venture, MHI stated that it would seek to speed up the development of clean energy-related technological solutions and support […]

  • ONE takes home new future fuel-ready containership from Japan

    13 June 2025
    Vessels

    Imabari Shipbuilding, one of the biggest vessel construction players in Japan, has marked the delivery of a 13,000 TEU future-proof containership, which was built for Singapore-based shipping company Ocean Network Express (ONE). As disclosed, the ONE Sapphire was handed over on June 12 during a ceremony held at Imabari Shipbuilding’s Marugame yard in Kagawa, Japan. […]