A Health Protection Scotland assessment of the public health impact of fracking found “sufficient” evidence that cancer-causing dust crystalline silica occurred at levels which would pose a risk to fracking workers.
The US National Transportation Safety Board has opened an investigation into the Colonial Pipeline Co accident in Alabama.
Pakistani firefighters said the death toll has risen to at least 17 people after a fire from a decommissioned oil tanker.
The Norwegian Petroleum Safety Authority said it will begin an investigation into a gas leak at Statoil’s Mongstad facility last month.
A gasoline line may be shut for at least a week after one worker was killed and five others were injured after an explosion and a fire in Alabama.
A worker has died after an incident at a Petronas processing plant in Malaysia.
Statoil’s chief executive Eldar Saetre has insisted it is safe to work offshore after a number of incidents in recent weeks.
Statoil said its average serious incident frequency (SIF) rose for the 12 months ended September this year compared to the same period in 2015.
A meeting has been called between Statoil management and the Norwegian Petroleum Safety Authority after a number of incidents involving the company’s assets.
An energy contractor working at a Shell Canada site has been killed in an accident, according to reports.
The arrival of NHV in Aberdeen has added resilience to the North Sea oil and gas industry, an offshore safety chief said yesterday.
The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has issued an Airworthiness Directive (AD) for EC 225 helicopters.
BASF said it is facing "big challenges" in supplying its customers after an explosion and subsequent fire at its biggest German plant.
Norway’s Labour Minister Anniken Hauglie said incident offshore must be taken seriously, after a trio of recent incidents.
Fears have been raised over cost-cutting in the oil and gad industry after three separate incidents over the past couple of days.
Several people have been injured while some are missing after blasts at two German chemical plants owned by BASF.
Statoil said it has resumed production at its Gullfaks A platform after it was shutdown due to a gas leak.
Statoil said it was dealing with a well control incident on the Songa Endurance semisubmersible drilling rig at the Troll field in the Norwegian North Sea.
An audit has been carried out at Statoil’s Mongstad refinery after a number of incidents earlier this year.
Five workers have been hospitalised in Norway after an incident at the Sture terminal in Hordaland, Statoil has said.
Aberdeen-based energy sector healthcare provider Iqarus has hired a new chairman with military experience to bolster its expansion drive.
Total has been hit with an improvement notice from the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) after an extraction of crude petroleum on its Elgin installation.
ConocoPhillips has been hit with an improvement notice over a “significant” release of gas from a storage tank on a North Sea platform.
The Norwegian Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) has called on oil firms to protect its facilities from the impact of bad weather, almost a year after an offshore worker was killed.
Statoil has been criticised over regulatory violations after an investigation into an oil spill during a tanker loading operation at its Statfjord field.