Accidents

New oil spill recovery record

Submitted by Mark Venables on 20th August 2015

20th August 2015

Norwegian offshore player Egersund Group recently set a new oil spill recovery record when its newly developed MOS Sweeper system managed to recover 96.4 percent of oil released in a North Sea exercise.

Fire at Pemex-operated Gulf of Mexico platform claims four lives and 16 injured

Submitted by Editorial staff on 2nd April 2015

02nd April 2015

Four workers have died and 16 injured in a fire on a Pemex oil platform offshore Mexico

Gulf of Mexico returning to pre-Macondo condition according to BP report

Submitted by Editorial staff on 17th March 2015

17th March 2015

BP has been working with state and federal trustees through the natural resource damage assessment (NRDA) process to collect data to evaluate the potential for injury to wildlife and habitat, and the recreational use of these resources

Five killed and four missing in FPSO explosion offshore Brazil

Submitted by Paddy Harris on 13th February 2015

13th February 2015

Five people have been killed and four remain missing after an explosion occurred on an FPSO operated by BW Offshore yesterday off Brazil

Halliburton urges rejection of BP appeal over 2010 Macondo oil spill

Submitted by Paddy Harris on 27th October 2014

27th October 2014

Halliburton urges rejection of BP appeal over 2010 Macondo oil spill

BP’s call for a retrial over the causes of the 2010 Macondo oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico should be rejected, according to Halliburton

Christophe de Margerie killed in Moscow jet collision

Submitted by Paddy Harris on 21st October 2014

21st October 2014

Christophe de Margerie killed in Moscow jet collision

The chief executive officer of Total, Christophe de Margerie, died in an accident in Moscow last night as his business jet collided with a snowplough vehicle and was engulfed in flames when attempting to take off from Vnukovo International Airport, resulting in the death of de Margerie and the plane’s three crew members

Transocean accepts ruling on 2010 oil spill

Submitted by Eva Brynjulfsen on 5th September 2014

05th September 2014

Transocean announced today that it has received and welcomes the decision by the US District Court on phase one of litigation related to the Macondo well incident involving the Deepwater Horizon.

BP appeals US court verdict on Macondo

Submitted by Mark Venables on 5th September 2014

05th September 2014

BP has said that it strongly disagrees with US court decision on the Macondo incident

Halliburton closes lid on Macondo with USD 1.1bn settlement

Submitted by Paddy Harris on 2nd September 2014

02nd September 2014

Halliburton closes lid on Macando with USD 1.1bn settlement

Halliburton has announced that it has reached an agreement to settle a substantial majority of the plaintiffs’ class claims asserted against the company as a result of the April 20, 2010 Macondo well incident in the Gulf of Mexico

API publishes new post-Macondo guidelines on subsea well control

Submitted by Paddy Harris on 30th July 2014

30th July 2014

API publishes new post-Macondo guidelines on subsea well control

The American Petroleum Institute has published new guidelines for the design, manufacture and use of subsea capping stacks, equipment designed as part of industry’s emergency preparedness in the event of a spill at a wellhead on the ocean floor