The drifting barge which forced BP to evacuate its Valhall Platform in the North Sea has missed the installation, Norwegian rescue authorities were cited as saying.
A spokesman for BP said it was taking steps to restart production on the facility, a process which usually takes 24 hours.
The company had been in the process of taking evacuees to nearby platforms as a precaution, and a tug boat was trying to bring the barge under control.
ConocoPhillips has shut down output at its Eldfisk and Embla fields in the North Sea and is evacuating staff from its Eldfisk platform due to the threat of a drifting barge hitting its installations.
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Empyrean Energy has reported a fall in interim revenue and pretax profit but said its flagship Sugarloaf asset in Texas is rising in value despite the low oil price.
Genel Energy said the Aigle-1X exploration well on the CI-508 licence offshore Côte d’Ivoire (Genel 24% working interest) is in the process of being plugged and abandoned after failing to encounter hydrocarbons. The completion of this well concludes Genel’s committed Côte d’Ivoire drilling programme.
BP's Valhall platform in the North Sea is being evacuated by helicopter after a barge broke its anchor and was drifting towards the installation following a storm.
The boss of the drilling company that owns the rig on which an offshore worker died ,after it was struck by a freak wave, said the incident was his "worst nightmare".
A North Sea platform has entered its fifth day shut down as investigations continue into the cause of a gas leak on board the installation.
Production was shut down on Marathon’s Brae Alpha platform after an alarm was raised on Boxing Day.
Around 73 workers remain on board the platform which is about 155miles north east of Aberdeen.
Three offshore workers have been injured after a heavy wave hit a North Sea platform.
Norwegian operator Statoil said an emergency response had been mobilised for the semi-submersible drilling rig, the COSL Innovator.
NOV (National Oilwell Varco) said it has terminated its contract with Estaleiro Atlantic Sul in Brazil to deliver seven deepwater drilling equipment packages.
Atlantic Petroleum said the company will not be paying a debt instalment to Eik Bank in the Faroe Islands this month.
The company said the the amount of DKK19.55mm on its DKK58.5MM debt will not be met.
Statoil has welcomed first gas from the Corrib field after the Irish Government gave oil major Shell and its partners the final go-ahead.
The Norwegian operator said the output from the Corrib field would be an important addition to Statoil’s international production portfolio.
It comes after the Minister for Communication, Energy and Natural Resources gave consent for the pipeline, subject to 20 conditions related to environmental management, operation, control and monitoring.
Natural gas has started to flow from Ireland's Corrib field - a day after final approval for the project was confirmed by the Irish Government.
Oil major Shell said six wells have been drilled with gas transported to the Bellanboy Bridge Gas Terminal in north-west Mayo through a 20 inch pipeline.
The gas is processed at Bellanaboy before it is transferred into the Gas Networks Ireland (GNI) network, which delivers it to Irish gas consumers.
North Sea Forties crude oil will load at a rate of 455,171 barrels a day in February,down from January's revised rate of 523,000bpd, according to reports.
Triyards Holdings Limited has secured contracts to build two oil barges worth $21million for CPC Corporation.
The new contracts are for the construction of a pair of oil barges intended for coastal service and the supply of bunker fuel to vessels in Taiwan’s harbour and coastal areas.
