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.
The Health and Safety Executive has issued a warning about equipment used by deep sea divers.
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.
Massive flames have lit up the Missouri skyline after a 30-inch gas pipeline exploded this morning.
A UK Government minister has rejected calls from MPs for a full public inquiry into North Sea helicopter safety as “premature”.
Floating production system provider SBM has been named employer of the year at a global energy industry safety award.
A survivor of the Shetland Super Puma crash has described the terrifying moments when the helicopter fell into the North Sea.
A row has broken out between trade union chiefs in the north-east after a helicopter safety campaign was dismissed as a “cheap stunt”.
Industry training body Opito has launched a new video campaign aimed at improving oil and gas safety standards around the world. See the film here.
Aberdeen based marine evacuation firm Survival Craft Inspectorate is to expand its operations into Holland.
Statoil says it will not return staff to the Njord A platform evacuated over storm fears at the weekend until it is sure the installation is safe.
A motion has been tabled in Westminster calling for a full public inquiry into helicopter safety in the North Sea oil and gas industry.
A major conference on oil and gas in Iraq has been postponed until next year in the wake of the violent scenes at the Rumaila oilfield last week.
Oil services firm Baker Hughes said its force majeure remains in place in Iraq after the religious violence in the country last week.
A new project aimed at providing advice on alternatives to helicopters for delivering North Sea staff to their platforms has launched.
Aberdeen-based oil and gas industry training body Opito has announced the full line up of speakers for its international safety competency conference in Abu Dhabi next week.
Schlumberger has suspended its operations in Iraq after a British worker was attacked at their camp in Iraq over an alleged religious slight.
Danish oil giant Maersk is to launch a new training programme in a bid to minimise human errors at sea.
Lloyd's Register has been awarded a supply chain excellence award for its blow-out preventer (BOP) risk model programme.
A new campaign aimed at improving North Sea helicopter safety is officially being launched in Aberdeen today.
The findings of an inquiry into helicopter safety in the North Sea oil and gas industry are due to be published within weeks.
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The expertise of the American offshore oil and gas industry outmatches the federal agency that oversees it.
The body of a welder who sparked a massive search operation after falling into the sea from a platform in the Gulf of Mexico has been recovered by rescuers.
Private-equity firm Lonsdale Capital Partners has snapped up a majority stake in Aberdeen company Oteac.