NEW ORLEANS – BP could have ended its massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico sooner if it had built a capping stack before the 2010 blowout of its well off the coast of Louisiana, a company executive ...

The 10-member nonprofit group led by ExxonMobil, Chevon and Shell has two capping stacks to rein in well-control problems and is building a third, in addition to parts of its cap-and-flow system ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Shell Oil drill vessels are heading to the Arctic. But they will not be permitted to drill into petroleum-bearing rock until a key piece of blowout response equipment, a ...

A group of oil companies that put together a device to stop deep-water oil leaks says the equipment can now contain spills at depths of 10,000 feet, 2,000 more than before. “This increase in our ...

Oil India Limited (OIL) has finalised the capping of oil well KSG 76 at the Kharsang oilfield in the Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh following a blowout that resulted in an uncontrolled gas release.

The US lobby and standards organisation said on Wednesday its Recommended Practice for Subsea Capping Stacks, RP 17W, will apply to the design, manufacturing, transportation and installation of new ...

Lagos — The National Oil Spill Detection and Response Agency, NOSDRA, has inaugurated a bi-Technical Committee made up of NOSDRA officials and those from Marine Platform Ltd. for the application of ...

While deepwater operators take numerous precautions to maintain the safety and control of their well sites, they must also be prepared to contain an incident or subsea “blowout” if one should occur.

NEW ORLEANS - BP could have ended its massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico sooner if it had built a capping stack before the 2010 blowout of its well off the coast of Louisiana, a company executive ...