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Dart Energy is dramatically curtailing operations including the reduction of staffing by 70%, as a result of recent decisions in Australia by the NSW and Federal Governments relating to coal seam gas development that have materially impacted on the short term prospects for its Australian assets. In...
Total has today announced that it has restarted production on the Elgin/Franklin fields in the U.K. North Sea almost a year after it was forced to shut production down. Production was halted at the site and more than 230 staff were evacuated when a leak was discovered on March 25th last year. The source...
The U.K. government's health authority, the Health and Safety Executive (HSE), has approved Total's Elgin field to resume operations almost a year after a gas leak was detected. The leak, which was first detected on the 25th of March last year, caused a completed shutdown of the Scottish North Sea field...
The oil and gas industry could create up to 34,000 jobs in Scotland in the next two years, a report from Lloyds Banking Group has found. In its "Oil & Gas: Rising Fortunes 2" report released today, the banking group said that continuing growth in the sector, far above what was expected for...
Dart Energy, the international explorer with headquarters in Scotland, has announced drilling results in a press release. The company has been testing the potential of coalbed methane (CBM) in the Airth Project at PEDL 133, Scotland. It is waiting for final regulatory clearance, but once this...
Chevron North Sea has been given consent to drill the deepwater Cambo-5 well, west of the Shetland Isles. Chevron is to drill the well as substitute operator on behalf of the block licence operator, Hess, and the Cambo co-venturers. Britain's Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) has subjected...
Tim Yeo seems to be rarely out of the news these days – from his vested interests in renewables to his u-turn on Heathrow airport expansion. The advent of shale gas is another subject in which he has managed to attract publicity. Last year, under his Chairmanship, the Energy & Climate Change...
Dart Energy's international arm has said that it will defer its listing on the Singapore Stock Exchange, instead concentrating on its core business projects around the world. In a statement released today, the company said a weak market and a decline in Dart's share prices meant it had taken the...
Total has said today that it expects to complete the cement plugging of the G4 wellhead on the Elgin complex within the next several weeks. The cement plugs, which will be set by the Rowan Viking drilling rig, is the next stage of operations after Total successfully plugged the leaking wellhead with...
French major Total has announced that this morning it has begun its well intervention work on the Elgin platform in the UK North Sea. The operation, which Total says began at 09:20 (GMT) this morning, sees the company begin pumping mud into a leaking wellhead. This wellhead, the G4 wellhead, has previously...
