Anger of Super Puma crash victim’s family over lack of prosecutions
The daughter of an oil worker killed in a North Sea helicopter crash says she is sickened there has been no criminal prosecution into the disaster which claimed 16 lives.
Health, Safety & Environment
Residents face New Year evacuation after latest oil train explosion
Hundreds of residents of a North Dakota town face spending New Year in shelter after a series of massive explosions following an oil train derailment.
African pirates hell has stopped me working, says oil skipper
A north-east man who was kidnapped by Nigerian pirates has warned others of the dangers of working in the west African oil industry.
Three bodies recovered after Aramco rig tragedy
The bodies of three workers missing after a maintenance platform sank in the Arabian Gulf at the weekend have been recovered.
Thousands back petition over offshore helicopter safety
More than 3,000 offshore workers have called on Oil and Gas UK to work to improve the safety of helicopter flights to and from North Sea platforms.
Offshore walk-to-work system gets funding boost
A project to develop new means of access to offshore installations is looking to pick up pace after securing further funding from a UK innovation body.
New diet for offshore workers in bid to cut oil and gas obesity problem
A private medical clinic in Aberdeen has launched a diet service tailored for the offshore industry in an effort to tackle rising levels of obesity.
New training manager for SCI
North-east offshore emergency support group Survival Craft Inspectorate has named David Weston as its new training and competence manager.
Shell warned over breaking safety rules at St Fergus gas terminal
Exclusive: Oil giant Shell has been accused of breaking safety rules at the St Fergus gas terminal.
Offshore firm pipes up with crazy musical safety video
Dutch offshore engineers Ampelmann have been bringing the house down at safety briefings - thanks to a bizarre Scottish-themed musical training film.
Industry must take a fresh look at wave-in-deck loading, claims expert
Operators of maturing fields need to learn how to accurately predict wave-in-deck loads if they want to continue reaping benefits from their assets, believes a research specialist in the field.
Deep-sea divers’ diets put under the microscope in new study
An Aberdeen university has launched a £127,000 study to develop bespoke health and fitness programmes for saturation drivers.
BP engineer’s lawyers fail in mistrial bid
Lawyers acting for the first BP worker facing trial over the 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster have failed in a bid to have the case declared a mistrial.
Prosecutions possible over Elgin platform gas leak
A UK Government minister has raised the prospect of criminal prosecutions over a blow-out which shut down a major North Sea oil and gas platform.
HSE needs to focus more on human factors, warns expert
The impact of human factors – the way people’s behaviour at work can affect health and safety - is still a grey area across HSE management in the energy industry, an expert has warned.
Wood Group PSN: We’ll fight safety failure charges over fatal West Delta rig explosion
Wood Group PSN has confirmed that it will be appealing against all of the findings of a report which accused the firm of safety violations in the first major fatal incident in the Gulf of Mexico since the Macondo disaster.
Helicopters grounded as storm hits North Sea
Norway has grounded all offshore helicopter flights as storm force winds hit the North Sea.
Oil staff withdrawn from North Sea ahead of storm conditions
North Sea operators have begun flying staff ashore ahead after forecasts of 10m waves and storm force conditions this weekend.
Date confirmed for 2009 Super Puma crash FAI
A fatal accident inquiry is to be held next month into the deaths of 16 people who were killed after a Super Puma crashed into the North Sea almost five years ago.
Staff flown off Triton after fire breaks out on North Sea FPSO
Dana Petroleum is to remove staff from its Triton floating production unit in the North Sea after a fire broke out yesterday.
North Sea operators warned by safety chief over leap in hydrocarbon releases
A huge increase in UK North Sea hydrocarbons releases (HCR) over the past seven months has prompted the head of offshore safety at the Health & Safety Executive to write to operators warning them to get their act together.
Safety warning for divers over neck seal death fears
The Health and Safety Executive has issued a warning about equipment used by deep sea divers.
No FAI to be held over Bourbon Dolphin sinking
Scottish law chiefs have ruled out holding a fatal accident inquiry into the capsize of a supply vessel off Shetland which claimed the lives of the captain, his teenage son and six other men.
Residents evacuated after Missouri gas pipeline blast
Massive flames have lit up the Missouri skyline after a 30-inch gas pipeline exploded this morning.
Super Puma crash: MPs’ calls for public inquiry into North Sea helicopter safety rejected
A UK Government minister has rejected calls from MPs for a full public inquiry into North Sea helicopter safety as “premature”.