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Belgian gas company Fluxys and Italy's gas pipeline operator Snam have said that both companies will take a stake in E.ON's UK-pipeline Interconnector for €127 million. Through the agreement, the companies will take a 15.09 per cent stake in the underwater gas pipeline. "Today's announcement represents...
Total has announced today that the Elgin complex, which has been leaking gas since the 25th of March, has ceased leakage following a well intervention operation. The operation, which began yesterday, used the West Phoenix semi-submersible rig to pump heavy mud into the G4 wellhead, the source of the...
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...
RWE Dea and Sterling Resources Ltd. have commenced development drilling operations have commenced at the Breagh field in the UK Southern North Sea. The Ensco 70 rig has been deployed to start the Breagh development drilling program in anticipation of first gas production from the field during the third...
Total has announced that it will begin well intervention work on the Elgin leak site within days, with weather permitting. In a weekly update issued last night, the company said that it was nearing completion of its final preparations for the well intervention operations. The operation, which will involve...
Australian-listed Dart Energy International has today announced that it may have access to up to 143 trillion cubic feet of shale gas over its European licences. An independent assessment conducted on behalf of the company by Netherland Sewell & Associates, Inc (NSAI) has identified massive...
Cuadrilla Resources Ltd., a U.K. shale-gas explorer that suspended drilling in northwest England after causing minor earthquakes, expects to resume work this year and said gas production may start in 2014. “By the first quarter of 2013, we will be far enough along in the exploration program to...
UK's Environment Agency has signaled its approval for hydraulic fracturing ("fracking") to proceed in the developments of shale gas resources. Lord Chris Smith, the head of the Environment Agency, gave his backing to the controversial technique in comments today. Speaking to BBC Radio 4's Today programme...
Centrica has begun production on the Ensign field in the UK North Sea, Upstream has reported, following the use of new technology to access the resources of the field. The resources of the field, which was proven positive for gas in 1986, had up until recently remained unreachable via existing technologies.
Total has said that it is progressing according to schedule on the Elgin gas leak in the Scottish North Sea, with work planned to begin on a dynamic kill operation within the coming days. As part of these preparations, Total made an "important advancement in stopping the leak" made on Friday, the company...