Operator Premier Oil has suspended operations on the 4/20-1 (Isobel Deep) well, following a problem detected on the drilling rig blowout preventer, BOP, according to partner Falkland Oil and Gas Ltd.

Fourteen years ago, the British Petroleum (BP) Deepwater Horizon offshore drilling rig suffered a blowout in water a mile deep. The Gulf of Mexico explosion took the lives of 11 people ...

In late April an explosive blowout of the well had turned the Deepwater Horizon, one of the world's most advanced drill rigs, into a pile of charred and twisted metal at the bottom of the sea.

ENSCO 51 was on location in Eugene Island Block 273 drilling a development well over a platform when the blowout occured ... were safely evacuated from the rig. Offshore supply vessels equipped ...

Last week operator Premier Oil announced suspension of operations on the Isobel Deep well, to the north of the Falklands, following a technical problem with the drilling rig blowout preventer ...

On April 20, 2010, a blowout caused a huge explosion on the offshore drilling rig operated by BP in the Gulf of Mexico. Eleven people were killed. Two days later, the rig collapsed. Oil began ...

The JU2000-E rig, built in 2014 by Shanghai Waigaoqiao ... The CPOE 16 incorporates a drilling equipment package and blowout preventer (BOP) from National Oilwell Varco (NOV), plus an automated ...