BP PLC reported that the Clair platform, 75 km west of the Shetland Islands, has been taken offline after “a quantity of oil in water” was released into the North Sea during the morning of Oct. 2. Source: News

Ocean-bottom seismic (OBS) has emerged in recent years as a mainstream offshore exploration technique. Operators have benefitted from supplementing conventional surveys with OBS data. AuScope Ltd. invested in a fleet of ocean-bottom seismographs (OBSs) that are maintained by Australia’s national geological survey to aid in mapping its offshore territories. Source: News

Light, sweet crude oil prices rose modestly on the New York market Sept. 30 while Brent crude oil for November delivery dropped. The Brent contract for December delivery rose to settle above $50/bbl in mixed trading to end a volatile week. Source: News

American Petroleum Institute Pres. Jack N. Gerard expressed hope that more US political candidates-from Hillary Clinton and Donald J. Trump on down-would mention energy more prominently in their 2016 election campaigns because it has contributed so much to the US economic recovery since the end of 2008. Source: News

The Southern Corridor natural gas pipeline system, which aims to transport gas 2,175 miles from the Caspian Sea to southern Europe, is on schedule and expected to come in under budget, a BP PLC official told an Atlantic Council forum on Sept. 21. Source: News

How does an industry cutting staffs and budgets hone the geotechnical capabilities it needs to solve increasingly complex problems of the subsurface? Source: News

For a debate addressing security, prosperity, and "America’s direction," the Sept. 26 contest between major-party presidential candidates made strikingly little time for energy. Source: News

Work in the upstream oil and gas industry has more in common with modern politics than might initially seem to be the case. Source: News