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(5/19/2013) Total will not explore in Congo's Virunga National Park
(5/16/2013) Norway's PSA finds regulation violations on Island Innovator semi
(5/9/2013) Robinson rig topples over at West Texas drillsite
(5/9/2013) One killed, 2 injured in fire at Newfield well in Utah
(5/9/2013) Worker killed on BHP Eagle Ford field construction site in Texas
(5/7/2013) UK North Sea platform shutdown for several months' maintenance
(5/5/2013) Leaking platform tank off Texas emptied by operator
(5/3/2013) Norway's PSA audits West Epsilon, Island Innovator, & Goliat FPSO
(4/24/2013) Four workers fall 30 ft from rig at Exco Louisiana wellsite
(4/21/2013) Alaska okays Buccaneer's Cosmopolitan Project oil spill plan
(4/17/2013) Belize court bans offshore drilling to protect barrier reef
(4/10/2013) Greenpeace protests Statoil Barents Sea exploration
(4/9/2013) Massive study of Great Australian Bight underway
(4/9/2013) Ecuador's OCP pipeline break spills 5,500 bbl
(4/8/2013) PSA finds breaches in regulations on Floatel Superior
(4/8/2013) 13 die in Perenco helicopter crash in Peru
(4/7/2013) Texas Permian Basin blowout kills 2, injures 2 rigworkers
(4/4/2013) Statoil cuts CO2 output from Canada oil sands production 24%
(4/3/2013) KBR picked for Shell's Alberta oil sands carbon capture & storage project
(3/31/2013) Precision rig collapses on Hess job in North Dakota
(3/28/2013) US Gulf well control reserve response team formed
(3/27/2013) Personnel transfer copter crashes off Petrobras platform
(3/26/2013) Norway's PSA finds regulation violations on Leiv Eiriksson
(3/21/2013) Patriot Drilling rigworker killed on West Texas wellsite
(3/19/2013) US BSEE issues INC violation notices to US Gulf contractors
(3/18/2013) Murder at North Dakota oilworkers camp
(3/14/2013) New well capping system unveiled in Norway
(3/13/2013) Tugboat & oil barge burning after tug hits Louisiana pipeline
(3/13/2013) Explosion at Russian Arctic Bovanenkovo Field injures eight
(3/6/2013) Transocean worker falls to death on Sedco 712
(3/4/2013) Polar Bears win US appeals court endangered species protections
(3/4/2013) Apache successfully controls US Gulf Main Pass well, stops kick (update)
(3/4/2013) Two saturated diving injuries & 1 near miss in 2012
(3/3/2013) Hydrocarbon release at UK North Sea Cormorant Field contained
(3/3/2013) Petrobras finds oil slick on Brazil's giant Marlim Field
(3/3/2013) Continental cuts North Dakota Bakken shale gas flaring
(3/1/2013) Swift Energy wellhead leaking in US Gulf (update)
(2/26/2013) Rig worker killed at Rex Energy wellsite in Ohio
(2/24/2013) Coast Guard finds 16 HSE violations on Noble Discoverer
(2/21/2013) EU Parliament & Council agree on offshore safety directive
(2/19/2013) Enviro worker killed at Consol Energy West Virginia wellsite
(2/19/2013) BP to defend itself against civil liability in Deepwater Horizon disaster (update)
(2/17/2013) Apache shuts in US Gulf Main Pass well after gas kick
(2/17/2013) Transocean pleads guilty to role in Deepwater Horizon disaster (update)
(2/12/2013) ATP charged with unlawful US Gulf discharges from ATP Innovator
(2/7/2013) Lucy Lawless sentenced for Arctic drilling protest
(2/7/2013) US BSEE orders US Gulf drillers to suspend wells with GE BOPs
(2/3/2013) SG applies to drill gaswells in Colorado's Thompson Divide
(2/3/2013) Rigworker killed by power tongs in North Dakota oilfield
(1/30/2013) Iran South Pars platform jacket dropped to seafloor in crane accident
(1/27/2013) Lukoil extinguishes wellfire on Vostochno-Sarutayuskoye Field
(1/27/2013) Petrolia halts Quebec Gaspe Peninsula drilling
(1/24/2013) Wild Well Control fighting Utah well fire (update)
(1/22/2013) Devon well in Utah out of control & burning
(1/21/2013) Halliburton frac worker killed in North Dakota field accident
(1/16/2013) 20 North Sea fields affected by Brent pipeline shutdown (update)
(1/15/2013) Worker drilling seismic holes killed in rig accident
(1/15/2013) UK opposed to ban on Arctic drilling
(1/15/2013) Possible leak shuts down UK North Sea Cormorant Alpha
(1/14/2013) Alberta Kakwa gas release under control
(1/13/2013) EPA charges Shell with Arctic air quality violations
(1/8/2013) Seven killed in Columbia Helicopters crash in Peru
(1/7/2013) Transocean agrees to pay $1.4 billion in civil & criminal penalties
(1/7/2013) Alaska grounded Kulluk drilling rig ready for towing (update)
(12/14/2012) Three North Sea helicopter incidents without injuries
(12/3/2012) 89 workers injured in rig accident at Jurong Shipyard
(11/30/2012) ROV to check Macondo/Deepwater Horizon for leak
(11/29/2012) Gas leak shuts down Apache Harriet Bravo LNG platform
(11/29/2012) Fourth death confirmed in US Gulf Black Elk platform fire (update)
(11/26/2012) TAQA evacuates UK North Cormorant platform after gas leak
(11/25/2012) Third victim of US Gulf platform fire dies (update)
(11/25/2012) Worker injured in partial collapse of Michigan oil rig
(11/25/2012) Rosneft & Statoil pledge protection of Arctic environment
(11/21/2012) Virus-struck workers quarantined on UK North Sea platform
(11/20/2012) Fire strikes West Tavaputs gasfield in Utah's Uinta Basin
(11/18/2012) Flash fire strikes Noble Discoverer in Alaska's Dutch Harbor
(11/18/2012) Body of missing worker found below burned US Gulf platform (update)
(11/16/2012) Two badly burned in West Texas well fire
(11/16/2012) Explosion & fire strikes US Gulf platform
(11/11/2012) Leaking ExxonMobil pipeline off Nigeria shutdown
(11/7/2012) Statoil evacuates & stabilizes damaged Floatel Superior
(10/30/2012) ONGC near shutting off 2-month gas leak off India
(10/29/2012) Kuwait's Rawdatain Field well burning out of control
(10/24/2012) Adma-Opco cuts Zakum Fields flaring to zero
(10/23/2012) BP to share deepwater well capping technology with Pemex
(10/22/2012) OPITO & Petronas agree to HSE development program
(10/22/2012) Total-chartered CHC crew change copter down in North Sea
(10/21/2012) Australia's federal government has no strategy for Ningaloo Reef
(10/19/2012) TNK-BP deploys HSE monitor throughout company
(10/12/2012) CORRE kicks off Kuwait satellite detection of contaminated areas
(10/11/2012) Shell facing pollution charges in Netherlands court
(10/5/2012) North Sea Yme platform at risk of collapse in storm
(10/4/2012) Statoil partly restarting Snorre A after gas leak resolved
(10/4/2012) Four oilfield service personnel injured in Texas well fire
(10/3/2012) Gaswell explosion injures workers in Venezuela
(10/3/2012) Boots & Coots tackle month-old ONGC offshore gas leak
(10/3/2012) CNR swapping Horizon Oil Sands NGLs for fuel methane
(9/27/2012) Fire hits US Gulf Ship Shoal 233B platform
(9/26/2012) QP & Maersk Oil cut Al Shaheen Field flaring by 90%
(9/26/2012) UK Foreign Office opposes Soco exploring DR Congo's Virunga Park (update)
(9/23/2012) Shell suing Greenpeace to halt Arctic drilling protests
(9/19/2012) Explosion & fire in Mexico's Burgos Basin kills 26 Pemex crewmen
(9/18/2012) PSA investigating Ula Field hydrocarbons release
(9/14/2012) Eni's Agip halts Niger Delta oil spill
(9/12/2012) Norway's PSA checking Scarabeo 8 stability incident
(9/10/2012) One worker killed, 8 injured while repairing Noble FPSO
(9/6/2012) Isaac brings Deepwater Horizon tar balls & oil to beaches
(9/5/2012) Lights out & murder at Good Oil Conference in Australia
(9/5/2012) Fire on Libya's Amal Field controlled, 4 injured
(9/5/2012) Shell Canada to build world's 1st oil sands CCS project
(9/4/2012) Condor brings Kazakh gaswell into control (update)
(9/3/2012) Shell shuts down leaking Niger Delta pipeline
(9/3/2012) Fire strikes FPSO Cidade de Itajai during sea test
(8/30/2012) PTTEP pleads guilty to Montara blowout & spill
(8/30/2012) Fire hits Stena Clyde after work suspended
(8/30/2012) Small UK North Sea oil sheen source unknown
(8/27/2012) Husky suspends operations on Transocean semi after near-miss
(8/27/2012) Two killed aboard semi Stena Clyde off Australia
(8/24/2012) Greenpeace activists climb Gazprom's Prirazlomnaya Platform
(8/22/2012) Bashneft completes Russia Nenets oil spill cleanup
(8/21/2012) Zavanna well blowout in North Dakota kills worker, causes spill
(8/20/2012) Gas influx shuts in Condor's Shoba-7
(8/19/2012) Chevron appealing injunction against Brazil operations
(8/19/2012) West Virginia blowout leaves 3 injured, rig damaged
(8/17/2012) Shell says latest Niger Delta oil spill contained
(8/16/2012) Encana Colorado well gas release kills one, injures three
(8/16/2012) Safe Scandinavia found lacking in emergency preparedness
(8/9/2012) Rig worker dies in North Dakota rig accident
(8/8/2012) Fire breaks out in SeaRose FPSO pump room
(8/3/2012) Total to plug leaking Elgin well by mid-September
(7/31/2012) Another rig worker killed in Robinson Drilling accident
(7/31/2012) MWCC & Shell complete US Gulf capping stack demo
(7/27/2012) Fairfield finds another North Sea Osprey oil leak
(7/24/2012) Live US oil spill drill launched by BSEE
(7/22/2012) Mississippi gaswell blows during workover
(7/16/2012) Ohio blowout this morning kills a rig worker
(7/16/2012) Fairfield finds Osprey Field oil leak, starts repair
(7/16/2012) Drifting drillship almost strikes Alaska shore
(7/15/2012) Qatar's Al Shaheen Field a whale shark feeding area
(7/13/2012) Fire on Henry Goodrich semi offshore Newfoundland
(7/11/2012) Norway's North Sea Yme Field platform evacuated
(7/8/2012) Helicopter with three on board missing in PNG
(7/8/2012) Sabotage oil spill shuts-in Eni Nigeria field
(7/6/2012) Rowan putting gas emission reduction systems on drillships
(6/27/2012) Fire strikes drilling platform on Sinopec's Shengli Field
(6/26/2012) Spill cleanup underway off California on Carpinteria Field
(6/25/2012) Wheatstone LNG offsets to protect Pilbara environment
(6/25/2012) Contractor killed, 2 injured in BP compressor explosion
(6/24/2012) Australia creates world's largest marine reserves
(6/21/2012) OSHA & NIOSH issue health warning for frac operations
(6/21/2012) Greenpeace calling for UN declaration of Arctic as sanctuary
(6/18/2012) Chevron completes drilling relief well off Nigeria
(6/18/2012) Norwegian Sea Asgard leak shuts down production
(6/17/2012) Injured Tesco rig worker awarded $4.1 million
(6/13/2012) France halts drilling offshore French Guiana
(6/12/2012) South China Sea platform fire injures 5 workers
(6/8/2012) NW Alberta oil leak less than first estimate
(6/7/2012) Russia's Fsetai ends Arctic oil spill investigation
(6/6/2012) West Virginia Antero gaswell hits aquifer, blows water wells
(6/6/2012) PDVSA Maracaibo wellfire take 1 life, injures 3
(6/5/2012) Actor Baldwin suing actor Costner for oil cleanup profits
(6/3/2012) Badgers don't seem to mind Forestside drilling
(5/30/2012) PHI copter crashes while landing on US Gulf platform
(5/30/2012) Fire on Energy XXI platform in Gulf of Mexico
(5/29/2012) Chevron plugs leaking California heavy oil well
(5/29/2012) Statoil launches Heimdal gas leak investigation
(5/28/2012) Chukchi Sea blowout response trial run carried out
(5/17/2012) Enviro groups file suit to stop Shell drilling off Alaska
(5/17/2012) Km-long oil spill in Brazil's Campos Basin
(5/17/2012) Two frac workers burned in Texas tank explosion
(5/15/2012) Elgin leak stopped after well intervention (update)
(5/15/2012) Total starts G4 well intervention to stop leak (update)
(5/14/2012) Total stops gas leak at Nigeria's Ibewa well
(5/14/2012) Savanna employee falls to death from Louisiana rig
(5/10/2012) Helicopter down in UK North Sea with 14 aboard
(5/7/2012) Fire aboard FPSO SeaRose off Newfoundland
(5/7/2012) Total drilling relief wells to leaking Nigeria gaswell
(5/3/2012) Tanker crashes into Rowan rig in US Gulf
(5/1/2012) One dead, 3 injured in Maracaibo vessel collision with well
(4/30/2012) Boots & Coots halts Chesapeake Wyoming gas leak (update)
(4/27/2012) ConocoPhillips & CNOOC to pay for Bohai enviro damage
(4/27/2012) Total installs gas leak diverter on Elgin G4 well (update)
(4/25/2012) High output, low CO2 emissions at Statoil Canadian oil sands
(4/25/2012) Gas leak on Chesapeake Wyoming Field out of control
(4/24/2012) Norway's PSA hits Transocean with breach of regulations order
(4/23/2012) Oil spill gushed 3,500 b/d into Russian Arctic before plugged
(4/23/2012) Buzzard platform fire extinguished & under investigation
(4/18/2012) UK gives Total go-ahead to drill Elgin leak relief well (update)
(4/17/2012) Scarabeo 8 found wanting again by PSA Norway
(4/17/2012) Total making progress is halting Elgin platform leak (update)
(4/12/2012) Oil sheen in US Gulf between Mars & Ursa
(4/11/2012) Shell sets aside boreal forest in Alberta
(4/11/2012) Rig worker killed in Pennsylvania drillsite accident
(4/10/2012) Doyon Drilling employee killed in Alaska North Slope accident
(4/10/2012) Oil seep discovered on Brazil's Roncador Field
(4/10/2012) Saipem's Scarabeo 8 cited for Norway regulation violations
(4/9/2012) Total & Wild Well Control prep to stop Elgin gas leak (update)
(4/6/2012) Fall from rig derrick on EOG Texas well fatal
(4/6/2012) Pistol rig collapses at drillsite on Texas-Oklahoma border
(4/3/2012) Upgrader explosion at Venezuela's Petrocedeno kills worker
(4/3/2012) Saipem semi Scarabeo 8 inspection finds irregularities
(4/1/2012) Flare extinguished on gas-leaking Elgin platform (update)
(3/30/2012) Pemex contracts Wild Well Control for deepwater assist
(3/29/2012) Total to drill relief well to halt Elgin gas leak (update)
(3/29/2012) Shell Arctic spill response plan approved
(3/27/2012) Petrobras suing Vicinay Cadenas for FPSO incident
(3/26/2012) Elgin gas leak triggers evacuation of nearby platform & two rigs (update)
(3/26/2012) Elgin gas leak still uncontrolled, sheen seen on water (update)
(3/25/2012) Gas release in well control loss on Total's Elgin Field
(3/25/2012) Taqa's UK North Sea Tern platform leak revealed
(3/23/2012) Nigeria's Bodo fishermen suing Shell for oil spill compensation
(3/21/2012) Disposal of seabed-set concrete facilities on Norwegian Shelf
(3/18/2012) Greenpeace activists board Shell-leased icebreakers
(3/18/2012) Brazil bringing charges against Chevron & Transocean for leak
(3/15/2012) ABS to class pioneering Arctic Containment System
(3/15/2012) Oil slick in Red Sea off Egypt's Sinai Peninsula
(3/15/2012) H2S leak shuts down North Sea Statfjord C platform
(3/12/2012) Fire hits Alaskan Star rig drilling off Brazil
(3/12/2012) Helix contracts new well intervention unit
(3/12/2012) Three workers seriously injured in crane fall at Kvaerner
(3/11/2012) Mari B platform sinking, leaking gas offshore Israel
(3/5/2012) Colombia halts oil & gas exploration in World Heritage area
(3/4/2012) Prudhoe Bay gathering center back onstream (update)
(3/4/2012) MSRC completes Deep Blue spill response expansion
(3/4/2012) US case against BP still on despite $7.8 billion deal
(3/2/2012) Fire shuts down BP Prudhoe Bay oil gathering center
(2/27/2012) China approves Beibu Gulf development EIA
(2/23/2012) BP & Anadarko ruled liable for civil damages
(2/23/2012) Spartacus star Lawless blocks Arctic-bound drillship
(2/19/2012) Shell's Chukchi Sea spill response plan approved
(2/19/2012) Chevron drilling relief well offshore Nigeria
(2/17/2012) Petrobras cleans up oil leak, lowers P-43 output
(2/16/2012) Nesting prairie chicken holds up New Mexico drilling
(2/16/2012) Blowout hits Repsol well on Alaska North Slope
(2/12/2012) Carrizo well in Pennsylvania fails during fraccing
(2/12/2012) New Niger Delta oil spill at Eni Agip well
(2/7/2012) Shell evacuates Gannet Alpha due to gas leak
(2/6/2012) Hastings Field pipeline explodes near Houston
(2/5/2012) Chevron borrows rig to plug burning Nigeria well
(1/31/2012) Petrobras FDPSO springs a leak off Brazil
(1/31/2012) Fatal accident at Texon's Texas wellsite
(1/30/2012) Oil leak shuts down UK Foinaven Field
(1/26/2012) Kirkpatrick well blows in Oklahoma, 4 injured
(1/25/2012) CNOOC & ConocoPhillips to pay oil spill claims
(1/24/2012) Chevron rig sinks off Nigeria, plans relief well
(1/24/2012) Landslide strikes Papua New Guinea LNG Project
(1/20/2012) Explosion & fire injures 3 on South Texas High Roller field
(1/18/2012) Fire on Pemex offshore platform forces full evacuation
(1/17/2012) Two still missing after offshore Nigeria rig fire (update)
(1/17/2012) Tanker hits Petro Anzoategui heavy oil platform
(1/17/2012) USGS advisor attributes earthquakes to wastewater injection
(1/17/2012) Hercules liftboat in Nigeria fire likely total loss
(1/16/2012) Blowout & fire on Chevron rig off Nigeria
(1/13/2012) Copter makes emergency landing on Asgard B platform
(1/13/2012) PDVSA oilworker killed in Maracaibo boat rig collision
(1/10/2012) Dangerous near-miss in Bredford Dolphin accident
(1/8/2012) Probe finds safety violations in sinking of Kolskaya jackup
(1/7/2012) Chesapeake rig blows in Oklahoma
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