On Thursday afternoon, 14 March, there was a power outage on board the Oseberg field centre in the Norwegian part of ther North Sea, Statoil has reported. The power outage led to a gas leak, which has been stopped. The field centre has subsequently experienced additional power supply problems. Well operations were underway on Oseberg [...]
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Brazil’s state-controlled oil company Petrobras yesterday began resuming production from an offshore platform after a small oil leak was discovered during the weekend. The 30-liter leak was found on Saturday at the Petrobras-operated PPM-1 platform in the Campos Basin, off Brazil, which forced the company to temporarily shut the production down. Additional 10 liters, from [...]
Abu Dhabi National Energy Company PJSC (TAQA) today confirmed that an indication of hydrocarbons was detected in one of the legs of the Cormorant Alpha platform in the northern UK North Sea at 16.15 hours local UK time on January 14. Since the discovery, hydrocarbon levels have been continually monitored. The platform and all pipeline [...]
In connection with the investigation of the hydrocarbon leak on the P platform on Ula on 12 September 2012, conditions were identified in relation to the fire and explosion protection that do not comply with the regulatory requirements. The PSA has now given BP a notification of order. The inadequacies identified in connection with the [...]
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ExxonMobil’s Nigerian unit has shut an offshore pipeline due to an oil leak, Reuters has reported. The leak occurred on Friday, November 9, off the coast of Nigeria’s Akwa Ibom state. ExxonMobil’s subsidiary Mobil Producing Nigeria Unlimited informed the news agency that the leak source had been identified and isolated, without giving away information on [...]
Statoil’s internal investigation report following the gas leak on the Heimdal platform on 26 May this year has been submitted to the Petroleum Safety Authority Norway. The gas leak occurred in connection with a routine operation where a valve was overloaded and gas leaked into the surrounding area. The investigation concludes that this was a [...]
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A substantial escape of hydrocarbons occurred on the Ula field in the Norwegian North Sea on 12 September. The Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) has decide to investigate this incident. No people were injured and no damage caused to the installation beyond the equipment directly involved. But the PSA considers the incident to have had [...]
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GE has entered into an agreement to acquire Naxys, a Norway-based company which provides the oil & gas industry with leak detection & condition monitoring systems for subsea installations. “Through its commitment to innovation, Naxys has developed world-class sensor expertise and technology that fits well with GE’s culture and capabilities,” said Brian Palmer, president and [...]
China’s CNOOC Limited announced yesterday that the Company had received a report from ConocoPhillips China Inc. (“COPC”), the Operator of Penglai 19-3 oilfield, stating that a small amount of oil leaked to the sea when the safety device of a hose coupling automatically parted due to the abnormality during the oil transfer under fluid discharge [...]
Statoil is initiating an internal investigation following a gas leak on the Heimdal platform in the North Sea on Saturday 26 May. The incident will also be investigated by the Petroleum Safety Authority Norway. The gas leak occurred during the testing of emergency shutdown valves. Due to shutdown for maintenance on parts of the Heimdal [...]
