Oil worker airlifted from Dunbar rig due to heart attack
Shetland Coastguard’s helicopter was called out this morning when an oil rig worker suffered a heart attack.
Health, Safety & Environment
S92 copters to get landing gear parts replaced early
US authorities have sent out orders for the inspection and early replacement of certain landing gear components on Sikorsky S92 helicopters.
Opinion: Keeping the noise down
According to the HSE, there are more than 20,000 or so noise induced work related diagnosis reported in the UK each year.
BG Group, now part of Shell, stung over safety failings
BG Group has been reprimanded after failing to install fire safety equipment on an offshore gas processing platform that was first recommended 14 years ago, it has been discovered.
Scientists find ‘cure’ for nuclear radiation exposure
It sounds like science fiction. Yet a cure for Acute Radiation Syndrome (ARS) may be on the horizon thanks to an Israeli scientist and a team from Pluristem Therapeutics Inc.
PSA censures Maersk Drilling over safety on Intrepid rig
Norway's offshore safety watchdog has ordered Maersk Drilling to sort out safety procedures on a rig which is on contract Total E&P.
Offshore choppers probed over reported near miss
Two helicopters came within 400ft vertically during a reported near miss in the North Sea.
Shell subsidiary agrees to payout over Pakistan tanker fire that killed more than 200
A subsidiary of oil giant Shell has agreed to pay a $2.4million fine in compensation after a tanker exploded killing more than 200 people.
AIBN: chopper blades destroyed after hitting parked truck
A Bristow helicopter had all four main rotor blades "destroyed" after hitting the roof of a parked truck, it has emerged.
Pilot ditched AW139 after oil temperature warning
An AgustaWestland helicopter was ditched in the Arabian Gulf after engine oil temperatures soared to dangerously high levels.
Explosion in Iran coal mine kills two, traps ‘dozens’
A coal mine explosion in northern Iran has trapped dozens of miners and killed at least two, according to state media.
Ex Wood Group boss Keiller to speak at safety event in Aberdeen
Former Wood Group chief executive Bob Keiller and Scottish Energy Minister Paul Wheelhouse will speak at a safety event in Aberdeen.
Chernobyl 31 years on: Opinion – Chernobyl changed many lives
The memory of Chernobyl is still strongly retained and solemnly commemorated in Ukraine, where, again, I will spend another Chernobyl Anniversary, on 26th April.
Chernobyl 31 years on: Are we equipped to deal with the fallout of another nuclear disaster?
31 years ago today the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine, close to the Belarus border, was hit by an explosion and fire.
Chernobyl 31 years on: ‘Nuclear power is the ultimate unsustainable form of energy’, Friends of the Earth
Environmental group Friends of the Earth Scotland has branded atomic power the "ultimate unsustainable form of energy" on the anniversary of the worst nuclear disaster in mankind's history.
Chernobyl 31 years on: Watch the United Nations videos on the disaster
Energy Voice is marking the 31st anniversary of the Chernobyl disaster with a series of articles.
Chernobyl 31 years on: Gallery of a ghost town
On April 26, 1986 a disaster that would affect the entire Western world unfolded.
CUT complies with HSE improvement order
Aberdeen-based Cutting Underwater Technologies (CUT) has complied with an improvement notice from the Health and Safety Executive (HSE).
OGUK puts out call for safety awards entries
Oil and Gas UK (OGUK) has sounded the call for nominations as it prepares to celebrate the champions of North Sea safety.
Opinion: North Sea trends might be hard to predict but health should be a certainty
Whilst predicting any trends in the current international climate seems to be a difficult task, there are some certainties; healthier staff are more productive, with less sickness absence and improved safety performance.
Shell accused of concealing data of Nigerian health hazards
Royal Dutch Shell’s Nigeria subsidiary “fiercely opposed” environmental testing and is concealing data showing thousands of Nigerians are exposed to health hazards from oil spills, according to a geologist.
FPSO operated on behalf of Shell found with nearly 500 open maintenance reports North Sea field
A North Sea production vessel contracted on behalf of energy giant Shell was found to have a backlog of nearly 500 mechanical corrosion and defect reports during a recent safety inspection.
UPDATED: Statoil halts drilling after 17 ton crane falls 10metres to deck
Statoil has halted drilling operations on the Gullfaks B after a 17 ton crane crashed 10 meters to the deck, according to Norwegian media reports.
Statoil rapped over Statfjord fire
A fire broke out on a North Sea platform after crude oil pumped against a closed valve for nearly an hour - with the temperature rising from 33 degrees Celsius to 344C.
One dead after explosion on SURF vessel
An offshore worker has been killed and five more injured after an explosion on board an ultra deep water service vessel.