‘Cost cuts affecting safety, time to reverse the trend’, claims Norwegian safety body
Norway's offshore safety body claims cost cutting has impacted safety and more must be done to "reverse the trend".
Health, Safety & Environment
HSE warns EnQuest over gas leak
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has warned EnQuest following a gas leak on its Producer FPSO last year.
Nexen slapped on wrist after emergency shut down valve failed to close
Canada's Nexen has been hit with a health and safety enforcement order for failing to maintain an emergency shut-down valve on a North Sea platform.
Statoil reprimanded over potentially fatal Troll blowout
Norwegian operator Statoil has been reprimanded over a potentially fatal North Sea blowout.
Probe finds fishing boat failed to give way to tanker, one dead as a result
A Chinese fishing boat failed to give way to a Norwegian gas tanker resulting in the death of a crewman, a maritime investigation has found.
Statoil slapped on wrists for near fatal accident at Sture
Statoil has been reprimanded over a near fatal incident which involved workers being exposed to "highly toxic" gas.
UPDATED: Marathon Oil hit with HSE notices over Brae Alpha
Marathon Oil has been hit with two improvement notices over its Brae Alpha platform.
HSE appoints new director of energy division
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has appointed Chris Flint as director of its energy division.
Cheaper gas detector for oil and gas sector one step closer
The oil and gas industry is another step closer to an affordable and compact real-time video gas leak detector.
ASCO talks over 24/7 standby shifts remain ‘ongoing’
ASCO remain in talks over a proposed move to a 24/7 stand-by shift for a "small group" of dock workers.
WWF – Total need to come clean about Elgin well
Environmentalists are calling for French supermajor Total to come clean about drilling "difficulties" that resulted in a North Sea well being sealed off.
Total cement Elgin well after drilling ‘difficulties’
French supermajor Total (NYSE:TOT) has been forced to seal the bottom of a well in the Elgin-Franklin field after encountering drilling "difficulties".
Statoil cleared of any fault over server maintenance
Statoil has been cleared of any wrongdoing after a PSA probe into the operator's IT security.
Statoil gets knuckles rapped over safety failings on Gullfaks
A string of serious issues have been uncovered by the Norwegian safety body during an inspection of Statoil's Gullfaks B platform.
Transocean owners billed £400,000 after running aground
The Coastguard has billed the owner of an oil rig that ran aground in the Outer Hebrides for £400,000.
Norwegian union blames near-fatal refinery leak on maintenance backlog
A Norwegian union has blamed a potentially fatal hydrogen leak at a refinery as part of a wider problem with maintenance backlogs.
Updated: Total’s Elgin well issues no longer ‘ongoing incident’
The Health and Safety Executive is investigating after a well incident during one of Total's North Sea drilling operations.
Worker discovers unfinished maintenance…five years after first discovery on North Sea platform
A worker from Aker Solutions discovered a problem on a North Sea installation was never fixed, despite being discovered in 2011.
Half of all Norweigian accidents should have raised red flags beforehand
Red flags should have been raised in half of all health and safety incidents in the Norwegian sector prior to the mishap, according to new research.
Probe after worker gets foot trapped under container
An investigation has been launched after a rig worker got his foot trapped under a container during an offshore lifting operation.
ASCO workers asked to be on 24/7 standby, “unsafe” say insiders
Oil and gas services firm ASCO is forcing workers to be available 24/7 under shift changes that have been branded "extremely serious".
ASCO move to “highly flexible” working hours
ASCO have moved a number of staff to a "highly flexible" working pattern in a bid to increase efficiency during port operations.
Statoil’s own investigation finds there could have been “loss of life” after two incidents
An internal report into two incidents last year by Statoil has found there could have been “loss of life”.
Statoil to reveal internal investigation into incidents
Norwegian operator Statoil will hold a press conference later today to reveal its findings into the cause of two incidents last year.
Eni hit with order from Petroleum Safety Authority for Goliat
Eni has been hit with a notice by the Norwegian Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) demanding it reassess its current plans and priorities for the Goliat field.