The US and State of Arkansas filed a joint civil lawsuit in federal court against two ExxonMobil Corp. subsidiaries stemming from a Mar. 29 rupture of their Pegasus pipeline that leaked heavy crude oil into a Mayflower, Ark., neighborhood and nearby waterways.

Two workers were killed and another injured on the Danish North Sea L5A gas platform operated by GDF Suez SA, the company comfirmed.

Oil & Gas UK commended the European Parliament for working together to achieve the EU Council of Ministers’ June 10 final adoption of the EU directive on offshore safety.

The UK government has launched an independent review of nontax influences on offshore oil and gas activity, acknowledging the need for careful management of a mature but still-promising industry.

BP PLC and the US Coast Guard report that cleanup work from the Macondo oil spill has ended in Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida, but BP said cleanup operations continue along 84 miles of Louisiana’s coast.

Noting that they are responsible for actually implementing about 90% of the US Environmental Protection Agency’s requirements, air-quality regulators from 48 states have asked to be included when EPA tries to settle lawsuits brought by environmental organizations.

Broad, bipartisan support is building among lawmakers at the state and federal levels for expanding access to offshore oil and gas drilling and development, said Erik Milito, American Petroleum Institute director of upstream and industry operations.

Using more natural gas could help reduce US greenhouse gas emissions in the near to medium term, but deeper long-term reductions will require broader deployment of other low-carbon energy sources as well, a new Center for Climate and Energy Solutions (C2ES) report concluded.

US Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement Director James A. Watson and US Coast Guard Rear Adm. Joseph Servidio signed a memorandum of agreement for regulating mobile offshore drilling units on the US Outer Continental Shelf.

The UK House of Commons has defeated a proposed amendment to the government’s energy bill that would have set an aggressive 2030 target for lowering carbon emissions in electric power generation.