UK North Sea league table sees shift in top producers
There’s been a raft of relegations and promotions in the last year for the league table of the top 15 production hubs in the UK North Sea.
Elgin
HSE sounds alarm over Elgin/Franklin warning systems
Health and safety inspectors have issued an improvement notice to TotalEnergies after finding nearly 900 standing alarms on the Elgin/Franklin installation in the North Sea.
Oil giants target December 2028 for North Sea electrification scheme
Details on new infrastructure and Aberdeenshire landfall locations for emissions-busting project at Harbour Energy, BP, TotalEnergies and Shell platforms.
‘Someone could have died’: TotalEnergies opens up on Storm Otto helicopter incident
“We cannot let the fear of judgment get in the way of doing the right thing for safety - so we released the footage," TotalEnergies told the OEUK HSE conference.
Bilfinger tells employees to get back to work or face ‘dismissal proceedings’, Wood ceases action
Bilfinger UK has told North Sea workers to cease their unofficial strikes or it will consider “dismissal proceedings”.
Workers on several North Sea platforms stage wildcat walkout in ‘wage revolution’
There was widespread disruption on several North Sea platforms on Wednesday after crew members staged unplanned walkouts.
Prosafe vessel lands North Sea gig at TotalEnergies Elgin complex
Prosafe has won a contract for its Safe Caledonia accommodation vessel with TotalEnergies in the UK North Sea.
Updated: North Sea oil worker with suspected coronavirus symptoms dies
An oil worker with suspected coronavirus symptoms has died at home after being airlifted from a North Sea platform earlier this week.
North Sea poised for boost from Johan Sverdrup
The rise of a huge new Norwegian oil field is poised to give North Sea output one of its biggest boosts in years. The surge won’t last.
Offshore worker kicked police officer in face after mooning train window
A Moray offshore worker who kicked a police officer in the face after drunkenly causing trouble on a train has been ordered to carry out 50 hours of unpaid work.
Strikes called off amid ‘termination threats’
Strikes involving more than 200 North Sea workers have been called off.
Update: Strikes stop production on three North Sea platforms
Production ground to a halt on three North Sea rigs yesterday as workers downed tools.
Strikes on Total’s North Sea platforms to kick off today
Strike action by workers begins today on North Sea platforms operated by French oil giant Total.
Total platforms ‘face shutdown’ as workers vote to strike
North Sea workers are expected to go on strike next month in a dispute with Total over pay and working hours.
No criminal proceedings after gun used to relight flare on North Sea platform
The Crown Office has confirmed that no criminal proceedings are being brought after a gun was used to relight a flare on a North Sea platform.
WWF – Total need to come clean about Elgin well
Environmentalists are calling for French supermajor Total to come clean about drilling "difficulties" that resulted in a North Sea well being sealed off.
Total cement Elgin well after drilling ‘difficulties’
French supermajor Total (NYSE:TOT) has been forced to seal the bottom of a well in the Elgin-Franklin field after encountering drilling "difficulties".
Total restricts access to Elgin platform after well ‘difficulties’
Oil and gas giant Total has restricted access to a wellhead platform after an incident during one of the French supermajor's North Sea drilling operations.
Breaking: Total battling well ‘difficulties’ on North Sea’s Elgin B platform
French energy giant Total is battling issues with a new well in the Elgin-Franklin field.