IT'S a well-known fact; leave it out in all weathers and steel will rust. So, the longer a piece of pipe is left out in the wind and rain, the rustier it will get and if it is near the sea, corrosion tends to be faster.
An oil and gas industry project to examine how the UK North Sea could stop or deal with a Macondo-like blowout was described yesterday as the "largest review of oilspill response ever undertaken".
US offshore regulators expect to send "notices of violation", which would precede civil fines, as early next week to oil giant BP, driller Transocean and oilfield service firm Halliburton after an investigation into last year's Macondo spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
THE crew of a Super Puma helicopter which crashed into the North Sea have been blamed for the accident - and safety chiefs want a review to make sure it never happens again.
Energy Secretary Chris Huhne has confirmed that a full report will be sent to the procurator fiscal after a probe is held into the worst oil spill in the North Sea for more than a decade.
Offshore survival training specialist Survivex, of Aberdeen, said Tuesday it had awarded a one-year contract worth £200,000 to Entier, the Granite City-based catering and hotel support services company.
OIL giant BP is set to take another battering after a US judge ruled thousands of fishermen and business owners hit by the Gulf of Mexico oil spill disaster could sue for punitive damages, it was reported yesterday.
MAERSK Oil has awarded a six-figure contract to TWMA to handle and dispose of subsea structures and equipment damaged during a North Sea storm earlier this year.
OIL giant BP has paid out more than £3billion to 204,434 victims of last year's massive Gulf of Mexico oil spill, fund administrator Kenneth Feinberg said yesterday.
ABERDEEN-BASED inspection and repair firm RBG has taken on Ian Henderson as president of its Kazakhstan business unit. Mr Henderson, from the Granite City and who has held senior roles at Statoil, FosterWheeler and Halliburton, joined RBG in March.
A HERCULES aircraft and two ships capable of dealing with a potential major oil spill have been put on standby as Shell continues its battle to plug a North Sea leak.
The UK division of French energy giant Total has been told to shape up after it failed to adequately protect employees on one of its North Sea platforms from exposure to harmful substances.