Maersk policy yields results
Maersk Oil has turned itself around after being among the worst performers in safety standards in the UK North Sea, according to its regional boss.
Maersk Oil has turned itself around after being among the worst performers in safety standards in the UK North Sea, according to its regional boss.
A warning has been issued to North Sea oil and gas companies about a potential safety risk affecting the deck gratings used on many offshore platforms.
Waste disposal in the UK offshore industry is getting better, but the sector's ageing assets are keeping operators and waste contractors on their toes.
Helicopter firm Bond has set aside a further £5million for compensation claims made by those who lost loved ones in the April 2009 North Sea disaster.
Trade body Oil & Gas UK will host a breakfast briefing tomorrow to discuss the work of Step Change in Safety, the organisation set up to improve safety in offshore operations.
The crew of an offshore oil platform have been left washing in sinks filled with water from kettles after their hot water system failed, it has been claimed.
THE crew of a North Sea support vessel have been praised for saving the life of a diver who was stranded nearly 300ft underwater with no air line.
he North Sea oil and gas industry scored a victory in Brussels yesterday in its battle over EU plans to seize control of offshore safety rules.
Norway's oil and gas safety authority has launched an investigation into Saipem after a semi-submersible drilling rig started to list in the Barents Sea.
BP's hopes of reaching a settlement over the Deepwater Horizon catastrophe were dealt a blow yesterday after it emerged that the US government intends to prove gross negligence or wilful misconduct at trial.
European Union-wide rules on offshore health and safety could lead oil and gas companies into a "legal nightmare", a committee in Brussels will be told today.
An energy company has failed to allay fears that transporting heavy electricity transformers for the Beauly to Denny power line down a steep Highland hill could endanger nearby homes and buildings.
Occupational health service provider Capita aims to recruit 20 people in Aberdeen after winning a £1.5million contract.
A Brussels bid to seize regulatory control of the oil and gas industry was described as an "absolute scandal" last night after it was hijacked by green protesters.
Oil major Shell has been given the go-ahead to start removing oil from the pipeline at the centre of a major leak in the North Sea a year ago.
North-east firm Survival Craft Inspectorate (SCI) said it would open a base in the Middle East as part of international expansion plans.
Oil giant Shell has successfully removed a World War II mine which had threatened a major North Sea gas pipeline.
More than 200 oil rig workers were called to muster due to a suspected fire at a North Sea installation yesterday.
BP focused too much on the little details of personal worker safety instead of the big systemic hazards that led to the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill and was not as strict on overall safety when drilling rigs involved other companies they hired, a US government safety panel has concluded.
Offshore safety inspections in the UK have increased since the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, according to law firm Pinsent Masons.
A local aviation writer believes that investigations into the cause of the ditching of G-REDW are far from over.
A helicopter was stranded on board an oil platform yesterday after its crew attempted to recover the body of a worker.
A helicopter which ditched in the North Sea was placed under "close monitoring" on the eve of the flight after amber warning lights flashed.
Improvements in safety and a fall in oil and gas leaks in the North Sea offshore industry have been highlighted in a new annual publication.
A search-and-rescue service launched by oil giant BP six years ago has completed its 300th emergency mission in the North Sea, the firm said yesterday.