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Horizon a disaster waiting to happen (update) (7/23/2010) Two killed in Pennsylvania gaswell blowout (7/22/2010) US Court order halts Chukchi Sea oil and gas activity (7/21/2010) Rapid response containment system planned for US Gulf (7/19/2010) Oil seepage detected near capped, blown out BP well (update) (7/18/2010) CNPC export pipeline explodes & burns in Dalian (7/16/2010) BP stops oil gushing into US Gulf, capping stack installed (update) (7/15/2010) Gushing Macondo well pressure test postponed (update) (7/14/2010) BP suspends drilling Macondo relief well in US Gulf (update) (7/13/2010) Blowout hits Devon's Jackfish oil sands project (7/13/2010) BP successfully installs new sealing cap on US Gulf well (7/12/2010) Oil spill off Peninsular Malaysia from East Belumut Field (7/11/2010) New Deepwater Horizon BOP sealing cap being installed (update) (7/9/2010) Brazil to reduce Petrobras' flaring of associated gas (7/8/2010) Decision on switching wellhead caps due in 24-48 hrs (update) (7/5/2010) Court looking into Repsol & Pride role in oil spill off Spain (7/2/2010) Petition lodged to deny BP Alaska Beaufort Sea drilling permit (7/2/2010) Italy's proposed drilling ban affecting MOG's Ombrina Mare (7/1/2010) Italy disallowing drilling near shore & marine reserves (6/30/2010) US accepting foreign help for Gulf oil spill control (6/29/2010) Rough seas & tropical winds halting oil spill operations (update) (6/28/2010) Flow declares force majeure due to elephant reserve (6/27/2010) Syncrude guilty of 1,600 ducks dying in Alberta waste pond (6/25/2010) Oil spill strikes Egypt's Gulf of Suez tourist beaches (6/24/2010) BP reinstalls LMRP cap on Deepwater Horizon BOP (update) (6/23/2010) LMRP cap capture of US Gulf oil spill suspended (update) (6/23/2010) Another oil spill in Danish North Sea near Hess field (6/21/2010) BOP on Deepwater Horizon had leak weeks before blowout (update) (6/20/2010) Anadarko says BP bears all liability for Deepwater Horizon disaster (update) (6/17/2010) BP's Hayward stonewalls in US Congress testimony (update) (6/16/2010) Transocean says it's not responsible for oil spill (6/16/2010) BP to set aside $20 billion for claims, Q4000 system online (update) (6/15/2010) Fire temporarily shuts down Discoverer Enterprise (6/15/2010) Norway calls for industry assessment of emergency preparedness (6/14/2010) Statoil notified of noise damage risk on Statfjord Field (6/14/2010) Shell told to clean-up 268 oil spill sites in Niger Delta (6/13/2010) Crewboat crashes into unmanned Hilcorp platform (6/13/2010) Blowout in Kurd Iraq brought under control (6/11/2010) Blown BP well gushing to 40,000 b/d, FPU & drillship enrouten (update) (6/11/2010) New oil spill preparedness & response task forces formed (6/10/2010) US Coast Guard gives BP 72 hrs to develop better plan (6/9/2010) BP capture of escaping oil over 15,600 b/d (update) (6/9/2010) BP to donate revenue to wildlife habitat restoration (6/9/2010) Taylor Energy's MC20 wells in US Gulf leaking since 2004 (6/8/2010) UK & Norway respond to US Gulf oil spill (6/8/2010) BP bringing in FPSO to handle oil from US spill (update) (6/7/2010) Pennsylvania shuts down EOG drilling in state for investigation (update) (6/7/2010) West Virginia gaswell explosion & fire injures 7 workers (6/6/2010) EOG Marcellus Shale well suffers blowout (6/6/2010) Some 10,000 b/d from the US Gulf blowout now being captured (update) (6/4/2010) Containment cap in place on leaking US Gulf well (update) (6/3/2010) BP successfully cuts riser readying it for capping (update) (6/3/2010) BP to fund construction of Louisiana barrier islands (update) (6/3/2010) Oil slick on Danish North Sea near Maersk fields (6/2/2010) Criminal investigation launched into US Gulf oil spill (update) (6/1/2010) Hoof & mouth disease halts Mongolian well operations (6/1/2010) BP to enhance LMRP to limit oil escaping into US Gulf (update) (5/31/2010) Transocean try to limit Macondo spill liability called "unconscionable" (5/30/2010) Another strike out: BP's top kill operation fails to halt oil flow (update) (5/30/2010) Oilwell fire kills 3, injures 12 in western Iran (5/28/2010) Oil flow from Macondo blowout not stopped yet - BP (update) (5/27/2010) Canada concerned about Greenland drilling in Davis Strait (5/27/2010) It's official: Gulf spill largest in US history (5/27/2010) BP stops oil flow with its top kill plug of leaking well (update) (5/27/2010) Swift shuts down Louisiana drilling due to approaching oil slick (5/27/2010) Drilling mud, not oil flowing from Macondo riser (update) (5/26/2010) Macondo top kill underway in US Gulf (update) (5/26/2010) Reliance suspends well due to problem with Transocean BOP (5/25/2010) BP preparing for top kill tomorrow morning (update) (5/25/2010) UK's HSE finds Legionella bacteria in offshore water supplies (5/21/2010) Citation rig worker injured in Wyoming oilfield accident (5/21/2010) US EPA orders BP to use less toxic dispersant (5/21/2010) Statoil evacuates North Sea Gullfaks C platform (5/21/2010) Questions arising on accuracy of reported oil spill volume (update) (5/20/2010) BP preparing top kill to plug US Gulf leaking well (update) (5/20/2010) US Gulf ultra-deepwater Atlantis platform operating safely (5/19/2010) Wellbore cement failure, not batteries said cause of blowout (5/18/2010) Nippon Oil shuts in 2 Louisiana wells due to oil spill (5/18/2010) Two killed others injured on semi Ocean Ambassador (5/18/2010) BP capturing almost half of US Gulf oil leak from riser (update) (5/17/2010) Petrobras monobuoy sinks in Campos Basin off Brazil (5/16/2010) BP succeeds in 2nd try to insert riser diverter pipe (update) (5/13/2010) Aban Pearl semisubmersible sinks offshore Venezuela (5/13/2010) Sunken Deepwater Horizon semi's BOP said defective (update) (5/12/2010) Deepwater Horizon disaster called "a cascade of failure" (update) (5/12/2010) BP asks for test of fluids for spill remediation (5/11/2010) Smaller containment dome hoped to halt major leak (5/10/2010) BP attacking US Gulf oil spill on two fronts (update) (5/9/2010) Gas hydrates force dome removal set to collect oil spill (update) (5/7/2010) US Gulf oil slick hitting Breton Wildlife Refuge (5/6/2010) Pipeline fire forces shutdown of Shell Nigeria output (5/6/2010) BP lowering containment dome over US Gulf leak (update) (5/6/2010) Fire engulfs Ajeel oilwell in northern Iraq (5/3/2010) Inland drilling rig capsizes in Louisiana bayou (5/3/2010) BP bringing in 3rd rig, planning 2nd BOP to counter US Gulf spill (update) (4/30/2010) US Gulf well had not been plugged when blowout occurred (4/30/2010) BP takes full responsibility for Gulf oil spill (update) (4/29/2010) US Government sends in military to stop Gulf oil leak (update) (4/28/2010) Coast Guard considering burn-off of US Gulf oil slick (update) (4/27/2010) BP to drill 1st relief well to halt oil flow into US Gulf (update) (4/26/2010) Diamond drilling rig evacuated in US Gulf as precaution (update) (4/26/2010) All-out effort underway to halt oil leak from sunken semi (update) (4/26/2010) H&P worker killed, another injured in Pennsylvania wellsite (4/25/2010) "Very serious spill" from sunken US oil rig (update) (4/25/2010) Search for missing from sunken Deepwater Horizon cancelled (update) (4/22/2010) Oil leaking from sunken semi in US Gulf may hit US coast (update) (4/22/2010) Deepwater Horizon sinks in US Gulf, 11 men still missing (update) (4/22/2010) Statoil targeting 40% less oil sands carbon emissions by 2025 (4/21/2010) Transocean semi still burning, 11 missing yet to be found (update) (4/21/2010) Explosion & Fire aboard Transocean semi in US Gulf (4/20/2010) MMS sets limits on flaring & venting natural gas (4/18/2010) Tullow denies inadequate enviro protections in Uganda (4/15/2010) Cabot agrees to remedy contaminated water wells (4/14/2010) Harvest Energy charged for oil spill that killed 200 birds (4/9/2010) US EPA ups oil & gas greenhouse gas reporting requirement (4/8/2010) California conservationists pressing for PXP drilling permission (4/7/2010) MMS asks for comment on revised OCS leasing program (4/2/2010) PetroChina putting CO2 controls in place in Tarim (4/2/2010) West Texas wellsite accident kills field worker (3/30/2010) Nigerian fishermen report Mobil Qua Iboe Field oil leak (3/26/2010) Nigerian government to restore 2,405 Delta oil spills (3/26/2010) Louisiana fines Chesapeake & Schlumberger for cows' deaths (3/18/2010) US EPA analyzing potential adverse impact of hydraulic fracturing (3/11/2010) Rig worker evacuated after deepwater US Gulf accident (3/9/2010) Niger Delta Atlantic still polluted by December oil spill (3/9/2010) Woodside says Pluto LNG workers not exposted to asbestos (3/1/2010) Roughneck killed on Chesapeake Haynesville Shale well (2/26/2010) Karachaganak consortium hit with $21 million enviro fine (2/25/2010) Dredge ruptures 20-inch US Gulf Eugene Island pipeline (2/24/2010) Blowout on CNR gaswell in northwestern Alberta (2/22/2010) Tullow asked to relocate oil camp outside Uganda game reserves (2/18/2010) Barrow Island wildlife relocated ahead of Gorgon LNG development (2/17/2010) Oilfield workers injured in Oxy California well gas release (2/14/2010) Thousands in Florida protest opening US Gulf to oil drilling (2/14/2010) Second fire strikes Suncor's U1 upgrader (2/12/2010) Fire on newbuild Ensco 8502 delays start-up to 3rd quarter (2/12/2010) PSA looking into safety of injecting drill cuttings (2/11/2010) ExxonMobil manned underwater operations approved (2/9/2010) Suncor oil sands upgrader shutdown by fire (2/3/2010) Barnett Shale enviro test results good, with 2 exceptions (1/31/2010) Wyoming National Forest calls for restricted leasing (1/31/2010) Pennsylvania gaswell accident sends 3 to hospital (1/29/2010) Norway's PSA issues order on Troll A safety risks (1/28/2010) Fire sweeps Chevron's UK North Sea Erskine platform (1/26/2010) ExxonMobil issued order on potential risks on Jotun A (1/20/2010) Shell gets EPA okay for Chukchi Sea drilling (1/19/2010) Farstad supply vessel collides with semi Songa Dee (1/17/2010) North Slope oil spill cleanup completed (1/17/2010) PTTEP completes plugging of Montara blowout (update) (1/15/2010) Fire on Apache US Gulf platform fatal for rig worker (12/14/2009) Remediation & recovery JV formed for Kuwait Oil Lakes (12/13/2009) Natural gas important for overcoming climate challenge (12/13/2009) Elk halt CBM drilling in Wyoming's Fortification Creek (12/11/2009) Helicopter bound for seismic ship off Nigeria ditches into sea (12/4/2009) BP has 2nd Prudhoe Bay pipeline leak in a week (update) (12/3/2009) BP delaying North Slope oil spill clean-up to secure area (update) (11/30/2009) Alaska Prudhoe Bay pipeline spill yesterday (11/26/2009) Pemex ordered to cut gas flaring on oilfields (11/25/2009) China CO2 sequestration & enhanced CBM pilot project underway (11/24/2009) Sasol signs on to participate in Norwegian CCS project (11/22/2009) Montara blowout prompts call for Seadrill investigation (11/22/2009) Study says Arctic oil spills easier to clean (11/19/2009) One killed & one injured in Chesapeake gaswell blowout (11/16/2009) Accident on Maersk Resolute leaves one worker dead (11/16/2009) Gabon forbids gas flaring beginning 1 January (11/13/2009) PTTEP to permanently plug well next week (11/13/2009) Total UK pleads guilty to Hertfordshire explosion charges (11/12/2009) Winds in China's Bohai Bay blow FPSO off moorings (11/12/2009) Nigeria again says it is banning gas flaring (11/11/2009) IEA calls for no delays in implementing climate protection (11/9/2009) Two crewmen rescued from Chevron US Gulf platform (11/9/2009) Range holds Marcellus Shale safety drill (11/6/2009) Timor Leste & Indonesia line up for oil leak compensation (update) (11/5/2009) Shell ordered to reroute Corrib pipeline to Irish shore (11/3/2009) PTTEP kills Montara leak & puts out platform & rig fire (update) (11/2/2009) ATP donates platform jacket for artificial reef (11/2/2009) Helicopter crashes on takeoff from US Gulf platform (11/2/2009) Burning West Atlas jackup collapses on Montara platform (update) (11/1/2009) Jackup West Atlas ablaze over Montara blowout (update) (10/30/2009) Vantage's Sapphire Driller damaged in punch-through (10/29/2009) Oil spill on Yuzhnoye-Khylchuyuskoye Field in Nenets (10/29/2009) Second gas leak in Timor Sea near Montara blowout (10/29/2009) Chesapeake won't drill for gas in NYC watershed (10/26/2009) PTTEP fails again to plug Timor Sea oil leak (update) (10/25/2009) PTTEP has yet to make 4th try at stemming Montara oil spill (10/25/2009) Two injured in Utah gaswell explosion (10/23/2009) 200 sq mile polar bear critical habitat proposed for Alaska (10/23/2009) Suncor plans improved reclamation of oil sands tailings (10/21/2009) Tanker supply vessel collision cause US Gulf oil spill (10/18/2009) Pennsylvania allows Cabot to resume hydraulic gas drilling (update) (10/18/2009) PTTEP fails again to stop Montara leak off Western Australia (update) (10/15/2009) PTTEP paying for Montara oil spill monitoring & clean-up (update) (10/14/2009) ConocoPhillips & Subsea 7 need to improve diver risk (10/13/2009) PSA said ConocoPhillips failed to monitor safety zone (10/13/2009) PTTEP fails again to stop Montara leak (update) (10/13/2009) Suncor oil sands upgrader fire extinguished (10/9/2009) PTTEP delayed in stopping Timor Sea well leak (update) (10/7/2009) Shell shuts in UK North Sea Brent Charlie output (10/6/2009) PTTEP's first try at plugging Montara oil spill fails (update) (10/5/2009) Greenpeace protestors arrested at Shell oil sands project (update) (10/4/2009) Activists occupy Shell upgrader site in Alberta (10/4/2009) PSA okays StatoilHydro HSE upgrade & orders Eni to collect data Next Page OGI Homepage I Contact Us