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DNV GL launches leak detection RP

Apr 11, 2016

DNV GL has now launched the first globally applicable guidance for leak detection systems for offshore fields. The challenge for oil and gas operators is to have a leak detection system that is reliable and capable of detecting leaks…

Statoil must improve at Gudrun

Mar 16, 2016

The Petroleum Safety Authority of Norway (PSA) has given orders to Statoil to make improvements at the Gudrun platform in the North Sea, following an investigation of one of the largest hydrocarbon leaks on the Norwegian Continental Shelf that occurred more than a year ago…

Statoil scolded over Gudrun leak

Feb 01, 2016

The Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) Norway has completed its investigation into a hydrocarbon leak on the Statoil-operated Gudrun facility in the North Sea on 18 February 2015.  The PSA’s investigation has identified serious breaches to the regulations…

READ, GE launch leak detection solution

Jan 27, 2016

READ has launched a new micro-leak detection solution, which will deliver answers for on the spot well integrity management decisions, to help maximize operational safety and minimize downtime, the company said. The diagnostic solution…

Leak shuts down Petrobras production

Jan 22, 2016

Petrobras stopped production from its P-31 floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) unit offshore Rio de Janeiro for the second time this month, after gas and oil leaks occurred earlier this week, according to the Sindipetro Norte Fluminense union…

Total fined for 2012 Elgin leak

Dec 22, 2015

Total's UK subsidiary (Total E&P UK Ltd) has been fined a record £1.125 million (US$1.67 million) after it admitted failures that led to largest release of gas on record from the Elgin offshore platform in 2012. The fine was passed down by the Sheriff Court in Aberdeen…

Shell fined £22,500 after leak

Nov 25, 2015

Oil major Shell has been fined £22,500 after admitting failures that led to an oil leak in the North Sea. The leak, the biggest in a decade in the North Sea, was discovered on 10 August 2011, when oil was spotted on the sea surface near Shell’s Gannet F field…

Petrobras halts production of Marlim Sul

Jun 18, 2015

Brazil's state-run oil company Petroleo Brasileiro stopped production from its P-40 platform in the offshore Marlim Sul field after a gas leak was discovered, reports Reuters Africa. Reuters quoted Petrobras’ statement that the leak was quickly controlled…

Neptune secures two contracts

May 27, 2015

Ashtead Technology and Seatronics, providers of subsea equipment rental, sales and services, secured deals with Neptune Oceanographics, adding Neptune’s subsea pipeline leak detection systems and sensors including long range fluorescence and passive acoustics to their rental fleet…

Statoil: Gudrun could have been fatal

May 20, 2015

Statoil launched its own investigation following a condensate leak on the Gudrun platform in February 2015 and found it to be of the highest degree of seriousness that could have been fatal. Gudrun…

Expanding on IIoT

Apr 01, 2015

Industrial Internet of Things is out there, but ‘work needs to be done.’ Industrial Internet of Things (IIot) is nebulous term bandied about in just about any conversation when it comes to automation, when in reality, the level of communication…

PSA investigates Gudrun leak

Feb 19, 2015

Norway's Petroleum Safety Authority has launched an investigation into a hydrocarbon leak on Statoil's high-pressure, high-temperature Gudrun field in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea which happened yesterday (18 February). Production…

New leak halts Hammerfest

Dec 08, 2014

Statoil has shut its Snohvit LNG plant down because of a gas leak, Reuters has reported. While it is not yet known when the plant will return to production, Statoil Spokesperson Oerjan Heradstveit told the news service: 'The situation is now under control and there is no longer a leak…

Forties pipeline installed

Oct 31, 2014

Apache North Sea Ltd. awarded STATS Group a contract to safely isolate the Forties Pipeline System (FPS) in the North Sea. The contract is for subsea isolation valves (SSIV) and piping spools to be safely installed and leak tested. This…

GE and Atmos form partnership to offer leak detection solution

Sep 10, 2014

GE's Measurement and Control business announced it has entered into a cooperation agreement with Atmos International.  As part of the partnership, the two companies will offer a more comprehensive leak detection solution to pipeline operating customers…

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