Total has announced that its planned “Top Kill” well intervention scheme is due “within a very few days.” The company’s North Sea Elgin rig has been leaking gas since late March, although the estimated amount of gas leaked per day has reportedly decreased by up to 75%.
GE announced today the opening of GE Shenhua Gasification Technology Company Ltd., a 50-50 joint venture with Shenhua Group to advance the development and deployment of “cleaner coal” technology solutions in China.
A recent helicopter crash in the UK North Sea has caused at least one offshore workers union to call for all helicopters operated by Bond Aviation to be grounded. The results gathered from a probe into the cause of the crash may be used as evidence in an ongoing police investigation.