oil spill

Due to a leak on the Main Pass Oil Gathering pipeline and subsequent pollution of the Gulf of Mexico, not only the oil pipeline itself has been stopped, but also drilling platforms near Louisiana – everyone is looking for the location of the leak. According to the US Coast Guard, …

PJSC “RussNeft” have conducted an integrated exercise to test the company’s preparedness for actions to be taken to localize and eliminate spills of crude oil and petroleum products in the Saratov region. The exercise took place not far from the Stepnoye village of the Sovietsky municipal district of the Saratov …

Leading Oil Pollution and environmental technology company, Vikoma International Limited, has appointed a highly successful industry figure as its new General Manager and Director. Karen Lucas is to take on the role and lead Vikoma’s day-to-day operations alongside the Vikoma Board. Vikoma International, part of Aberdeen head-quartered Energy Environmental Group, …

Vitaly Markelov, Deputy Chairman of the Gazprom Management Committee and Ravil Maganov, First Executive Vice President of LUKOIL signed a Cooperation Agreement on prevention of and response to emergencies caused by oil and petroleum product spills in the locations of the companies’ offshore facilities. The companies agreed that in case of emergencies related to oil and/or petroleum product spills, they would provide …

M.N. Mansurov, (Gazprom VNIIGAZ, LLC) The development of oil and gas resources in the Arctic is based on a large amount of research and the use of new technologies that ensures both the efficient exporation and production, decreases capital costs and complies with all relevant safety and environmental norms. Scientific …

“Gazprom Neft Shelf” LLC has published on its site the Summary Plan on prevention of spill incidents and oil spill response in the operating responsibility zone of Offshore Ice-Resistant Fixed Platform (OIRFP). The document reflects basic provisions of prompt response system and of interaction mechanism between the operator company, outside …

Marichev Andrey (LLC «Gazprom VNIIGAZ», Moscow region, Leninsky district, Razvilka), Khmarinov Leonid, Efremkin Ivan, Rogozin Maxim (LLC “Gazprom neft shelf”, Moscow) Introduction The Prirazlomnoye oil field is located 60 km offshore in the Pechora Sea,. The field uses «Prirazlomnaya», an ice-resistant stationary offshore platform (IRSP) for drilling, production and oil …

Oil pollution and environmental technology company, Vikoma International Limited, has unveiled the latest addition to its range of class-leading offshore oil pollution recovery systems. The OPRS 300 (Oil Pollution Recovery System) is based upon patented oil-attracting discs which have been proven to collect up to 300 m3 per hour of …

On May 4, the President of JSOC Bashneft Alexander Korsik and the Governor of the Nenets Autonomous District Igor Fyodorov visited the Trebs oilfield and inspected the implementation of emergency response activities. An oil spill happened on April 5 during an exploration well reentry. The Governor Igor Fyodorov held a work meeting in the construction workers’ camp at the Trebs oilfield. At the …

Up to 2,000 tons of oil have spilled from a major field in northern Russia after workers struggled to contain the leak for two days, officials said. The accident happened at the Trebs oil field in the Nenets Autonomous District on Friday following work on an exploratory well. The oil …