Coast Guard Hearing To Probe Shell Oil Rig Mishap In Alaska
Sun, 19 May 2013 02:43:14 CDT alaskadispatch.com
Royal Dutch Shell, as well as its contractors Noble Drilling and Edison Chouest, will answer questions from the U.S.
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BP Fined A Record $4bn In Penalties For Deepwater Horizon Oil Rig Explosion
Mon, 13 May 2013 07:05:58 CDT lexology.com
BP agreed to pay the record sum in fines and penalties as a result of its criminal misconduct which led to an explosion causing deaths of 11 workers. This is the single largest criminal resolution in US history.
How Companies Can Increase Safety And Boost Gender Equity
Thu, 09 May 2013 18:50:40 CDT stanford.edu
Can a macho workplace shed its machismo? It happened on an oil rig, that most macho of work environments, say researchers who found that crew members on an offshore platform toned down their bluster and macho as they concentrated on a company program to improve workplace safety.
Key North Sea Oil Rig Closed For Maintenance
Mon, 06 May 2013 06:39:13 CDT upi.com
A North Sea oil platform servicing the 90,000 barrel-per-day Brent oil pipeline will be closed for a few months for maintenance, the rig's operator said.
Offshore Oil Rig Workers, 5th Worst Job In America
Thu, 02 May 2013 11:51:32 CDT greenoptimistic.com
Unlike some working conditions, such as those in foreign lands where safety is unheard of, there really isn't much that can be done to change things on offshore oil rigs .
Total Bets On Riskier Exploration Strategy
Thu, 25 Apr 2013 20:00:22 CDT arabnews.com
LEIV EIRIKSSON OIL RIG, Norwegian Barents Sea: French oil major Total is betting on a riskier exploration strategy in the "frontier" basins of the North Sea and the start-up of its $ 5 billion Laggan-Tormore field to become the top oil and gas producer in Britain in 2015, the group said.
Looking Back At The Gulf Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill, Three Years Ago Today
Sat, 20 Apr 2013 09:15:44 CDT redorbit.com
Your Universe Online It has been three years since we caught word an explosion took place on an oil rig off the Gulf coast, kickstarting the worst offshore oil spill in US history. Not only did 11 workers lose their lives on the rig, but we also saw about 4.9 million barrels, or 206 million gallons, of oil spill into the Gulf of Mexico.
BP Official Says Oil-Rig Crew Raised No Safety Concerns
Mon, 15 Apr 2013 13:07:43 CDT bloomberg.com
2013-04-15T18:00:50Z The BP Plc (BP/) official who oversaw operations at the Macondo well said the oil-drilling crew raised no safety concerns at a meeting less than a month before a fatal blast ripped through the rig, spewing millions of barrels of oil into the Gulf of Mexico.
Cameron Dismissed Of All Claims In Deepwater Horizon Case
Thu, 04 Apr 2013 08:25:05 CDT bizjournals.com
U.S. District Court Judge Carl Barbier has dismissed Houston-based Cameron International Corp. (NYSE: CAM) of all claims relating to the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Barbier said no evidence showed Cameron was at fault for the blowout, Bloomberg reports. London-based BP Plc (NYSE: BP) claimed in multiple lawsuits that the blowout preventer Cameron made was defective. Witnesses at the trial said the preventer wasn't properly maintained by the crew on the oil rig.
Oil Rig Starts New Beginning In Alaska's Cook Inlet
Wed, 03 Apr 2013 15:27:15 CDT alaskadispatch.com
We'll go when they get it ready to demonstrate it is doing what it's supposed to do," said Cathy Forester, chair of the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission . Buccaneer Energy received the certificate of compliance from the U.S.