![Underground Gas Flow Forces Apache to Evacuate Gulf Rig (USA)]()
BSEE on Friday announced it was responding to a report from offshore oil and gas operator Apache Corporation of an underground flow of natural gas at an exploratory well being drilled in the Gulf of Mexico approximately 50 miles east of Venice, LA. There is no detection of gas at the seafloor or pollution at [...]
The U.S. Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) has announced it is continuing to closely monitor the Isaac storm in the Gulf of Mexico. So far, personnel have been evacuated from a total of 346 production platforms, equivalent to 58.05 percent of the 596 manned platforms in the Gulf of Mexico. Furthermore, personnel have [...]
Offshore oil and gas operators in the Gulf of Mexico are evacuating platforms and rigs in of tropical storm Debby. The Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) Hurricane Response Team is activated and monitoring the operators’ activities. The team will continue to work with offshore operators and other state and federal agencies until operations [...]
Yesterday, around noon, Total E&P UK evacuated non-essential personnel from the Elgin and Rowan Viking offshore facilities located some 240km off the coast of Aberdeen. The evacuation in the central Graben area was due to a well control problem occurring on the wellhead platform at the Elgin field, resulting in a gas release at 12:15pm. [...]
![USA: Tropical Storm Forces Operators to Evacuate Rigs]()
Offshore oil and gas operators in the Gulf of Mexico are evacuating platforms and rigs in the path of Tropical Storm Don. The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation, and Enforcement (BOEMRE) Hurricane Response Team is monitoring the operators’ activities. The team will be activated and continue to work with offshore operators and other state [...]
