A north-east firm whose technology offers an alternative to helicopters as a means of transporting staff to offshore platforms is hosting an event in Aberdeen to meet the demand for information about its products.
Mark Swan, the director of the Civil Aviation Authority’s (CAA) Safety and Airspace Regulation Group (SARG), will address the attendees of Step Change in Safety’s latest Joined-Up Thinking event.
The US Coast Guard has opened a new war of words with BP over the Deepwater Horizon tragedy after the British super major claimed clear-up work from the 2010 disaster was complete.
The head of the USA's offshore safety watchdog has warned too many accidents are still happening despite new regulation aimed at lessening risk to workers.
The Scottish Secretary has said it would be “perverse” to improve offshore helicopter safety at the expense of other areas of the North Sea oil and gas industry.
Exclusive: A North Sea oil company is at the centre of a major offshore safety investigation after a fire put more than 100 workers at risk of an explosion on the Tiffany platform.
The North Sea has come a long way in health and safety terms since Piper Alpha. But as the province ages, so the going gets tougher for everyone, including the Health and Safety Executive, which is about to launch a new offshore strategy.
On February 20 the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) set out a number of requirements for the UK helicopter firms operating offshore travel for the energy industry, to increase flight safety.
Exclusive: Passengers on a stricken helicopter have described how they feared for their lives as it “dropped like a stone” following the failure of one of its engines.
The offshore environment is widely recognised as a dangerous workplace, and the exact number and types of related health hazards can be hard to comprehend – but not for the industry's medical specialists.
Technical specialists DNV GL are to provide verification services for North Sea operator Apache after landing a three-year deal to support their operations.