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Trial set for BP in 2012
 BP is reported to be facing criminal charges over the Macondo oil spill and Deepwater Horizon disaster early in the New Year from the US Department of Justice.
According to the Daily Telegraph newspaper, BP will face a lawsuit alongside its partners in the April 2010 Macondo well drilling operation - Transocean which owned the Deepwater Horizon rig and Halliburton which supplied cement used in the Macondo wellbore.
Citing a report by the US Wall Street Journal, the Telegraph says DoJ lawyers are preparing a case against BP engineers which will examine information supplied as part of the regulatory permit sought for the Macondo deepwater well.
A Deepwater Horizon task force has been formed by the DoJ to pursue the criminal investigation and BP will also face a civil court case in New Orleans next February from claimants who say they were financially affected by the Macondo oil spill – the largest in the US Gulf.
The Telegraph suggests that President Barack Obama is keen to get the criminal prosecution out of the way before he seeks re-election in November 2012.Advertisement
 Total has declared the well kill operation on the North Sea Elgin field has been a complete success. [Les mer ] • Company news
 Dubai-based petroleum services specialist NPS Energy is being bought out by Norway's Aker Solutions for US $350 million. [Les mer ] • Company news
 Ocean Rig's Poseidon drillship is set to drill for Chariot Oil and Gas on the Nimrod prospect offshore Namibia. [Les mer ] • Rig news
 Norway's Brynhild development is to feature subsea meters as part of the subsea production system. [Les mer ] • Contracts
 Operator EnQuest has indicated that it expects Field Development Plan approval for its North Sea Galia development soon. [Les mer ] • Field development
 Scotland First Minister Alex Salmond has cracked open a £10 million funding package to support decommissioning activity in the Shetland Islands. [Les mer ] • Company news
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