Transocean, a Switzerland-based offshore drilling contractor, has secured a new contract for its Sedco 714 semi-submersible rig. The drilling company announced in its Fleet Status Report yesterday, that the oil company Total E&P UK, a subsidiary of the French oil major Total, is extending the rig contract. Total will continue to use the Sedco 714 [...]
One of the world’s largest drilling contractors, Transocean, has announced it has been awarded a contract extension for its Sedco 714 rig. The award comes from Total E&P UK, a subsidiary of the French oil major Total. Under the agreement the rig will continue its work for Total in the UK sector of the North [...]
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 [...]
After closely monitoring the well at the Elgin complex for five days, French oil company Total has confirmed 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 [...]
Oil & Gas UK, the not-for-profit representative body for the UK offshore oil and gas industry, has welcomed Total’s successful well intervention operation to stop the Elgin gas leak. Robert Paterson, Oil & Gas UK’s health and safety director, said: “Oil & Gas UK welcomes the news that the well-kill operation to stop the Elgin [...]
After it yesterday began a dynamic kill operation Total has announced that the well intervention operation has stopped the G4 well leak on the Elgin complex, 240km from Aberdeen in the UK North Sea. The well intervention operation, which involved pumping heavy mud into the leaking well, began on May 15th and the leak was [...]
French oil and gas company Total today announced that 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 [...]
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 [...]
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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 [...]
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. Offshore Energy Today Staff, April 11, 2012
