Production at Equinor's Aasta Hansteen gas field remained shut on Tuesday after a gas leak the previous day.'We are focusing on finding the cause of the leakage and prepare for repairing. We are still working on that,' Equinor spokesman Morten Eek said…
A sonar monitoring system will help a major US oil company to reinforce its deepwater offshore asset integrity assurance in the US Gulf of Mexico.The system, a wide-area Sentry Integrity Monitoring Sonar (IMS) developed and delivered by subsea engineering specialist Sonardyne International…
Equinor's Statfjord A platform in the North Sea is in operation again following a brief outage on Tuesday, the operator said on Wednesday.A condensate leak led to a shutdown of production at the platform at around 1530 GMT. The situation was…
If your outfit is all about leak detection, then you might want to call Norwegian energy company Equinor.The Stavanger-based outfit faces a reported 650,000 manhours and a $60-million bill this year and next for corrective work on pipes and valves at its 40-year-old Mongstad refinery alone…
An investigation has started into an oil leak from a subsea pipeline near US operator LLOG's Delta House facilities in the Gulf of Mexico. The leak was discovered last week after a sheen was seen on the surface of the water and reported to the National Response Centre…
Engie E&P has resumed production at its Gjøa-platform in the North Sea following extensive inspection and start-up work, due to a gas leak on 21 June. Gjøa. Image from Engie. Gjøa…
Norway’s Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) has launched an investigation into a hydrocarbon leak on the Gjøa field on 21 June 2017. The incident happened during normal operations. According to the operator Engie E&P Norge, the leak occurred in a condensate pump…
Engie E&P has found the cause of a gas leak that shut down production at the Gjøa field offshore Norway on Wednesday (21 June). Gjøa. Image from Engie. Engie identified the direct…
Hilcorp has sealed a pipeline that had been leaking natural gas in Alaska’s Cook Inlet for several months. According to Hilcorp, dive crews installed a clamp on the fuel gas line in Middle Ground Shoal last week (13 April), which stopped the release of natural gas from the affected pipeline…
Norway’s Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) has identified regulation breaches following its investigation into a fire that broke out on Statoil’s Statfjord A platform in October 2016. Statfjord A…
Halliburton (HAL) has released the Acoustic Conformance Xaminer service (ACX), a technology designed to help operators identify and pinpoint wellbore leaks by analyzing sound waves that describe flow patterns in the formation and casing. The…
A hydrocarbon leak Thursday morning (28 July) aboard the Alvheim FPSO prompted a production halt at the field, according to operator Det norske. The leak occurred in the FPSO's pump room, triggering an alarm, and stopping production.…
Oil services company and well integrity specialist Archer has launched the Point system, a well integrity resource that combines Archer’s experience and its proactive and systematic approach to integrity management. The Point system…
Shell announced on 15 May that production from the Brutus field in the US Gulf of Mexico has resumed following a leak at the nearby Glider field on May 12, which shut-in all production to the associated tension leg platform. While production…
The source of a leak that spilled 2100 bbl (88,200 gallons) of crude oil into the US Gulf of Mexico around Shell's Glider field has been identified, the US Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement announced on 13 May. On-site investigators…
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