Transocean given North Sea safety warning
THE offshore drilling company responsible for running the Deepwater Horizon rig which exploded in the Gulf of Mexico has been given another warning about its operations in the North Sea.
Health, Safety & Environment
Safety is not just about compliance – Opito
COMPLIANCY and competency in the oil and gas industry are in conflict, according to research commissioned by the sector's skills and training standards body Opito.
BP outlines plans for disaster
OIL giant BP has outlined its contingency plans for dealing with an environmental disaster as it prepares to start drilling off the coast of Shetland next year.
Claims of overcrowding on offshore oil platform
AN OIL company is facing a tribunal over claims its workers on an offshore platform lived in overcrowded conditions.
Oil firm accused after North Sea platform asbestos alert
OFFSHORE workers on a North Sea installation may have been exposed to asbestos - despite claims they were told they were safe from the dangerous substance.
Deepwater spill disaster ‘could have been avoided’
DEEPWATER drilling west of Shetland should not be permitted until adequate safeguards are in place to prevent a major oil spill, one of the most famous names in underwater exploration warned yesterday.
Ship’s fuel spill sparks harbour clean-up
A CLEAN-UP operation took place at the weekend after about 1,500 litres of oil leaked into Aberdeen harbour.
Enquest sets new safety record
ENQUEST has helped set an apparently new safety milestone for the province by recording four years free of lost time incidents (LTI's) in the Thistle field.
Macondo – bad management and mistakes led to blowout and ultimate disaster
AT APPROXIMATELY 9.50pm on the evening of April 20, 2010, while the crew of the Deepwater Horizon rig was finishing work after drilling the Macondo exploratory well, an undetected influx of hydrocarbons (commonly referred to as a "kick") escalated to a blowout.
Mixed views on offshore HSE report
A HEALTH and Safety Executive (HSE) report on offshore workers' involvement in North Sea safety standards has highlighted an "extensive list" of good practices, according to an oil and gas industry body.
Don’t play with fire when it comes to corrosion
IT'S a well-known fact; leave it out in all weathers and steel will rust. So, the longer a piece of pipe is left out in the wind and rain, the rustier it will get and if it is near the sea, corrosion tends to be faster.
Osprag gives final findings on oilspill contingency plans
An oil and gas industry project to examine how the UK North Sea could stop or deal with a Macondo-like blowout was described yesterday as the "largest review of oilspill response ever undertaken".
Macondo violation notices going out soon
US offshore regulators expect to send "notices of violation", which would precede civil fines, as early next week to oil giant BP, driller Transocean and oilfield service firm Halliburton after an investigation into last year's Macondo spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
Helicopter crash probe prompts big change in offshore flight safety
Major changes are under way to make offshore helicopter travel safer following the two Super Puma accidents in 2009.
Helicopter crew are blamed for sea crash
THE crew of a Super Puma helicopter which crashed into the North Sea have been blamed for the accident - and safety chiefs want a review to make sure it never happens again.
Shell may face prosecution over North Sea oil spill
Energy Secretary Chris Huhne has confirmed that a full report will be sent to the procurator fiscal after a probe is held into the worst oil spill in the North Sea for more than a decade.
UK offshore H&S regime could go EU-wide
The UK's offshore health and safety regime could be adopted across Europe after a vote by politicians in Strasbourg tomorrow.
Report released into offshore health and safety
More than a third of offshore workers who took part in a survey noted near misses not being reported.
North Sea oil and gas industry faces tough challenge on oil and gas releases
Elaine Maslin
North Sea oil and gas industry faces tough challenge on oil and gas releases
Elaine Maslin
Survivex lands £200,000 contract
Offshore survival training specialist Survivex, of Aberdeen, said Tuesday it had awarded a one-year contract worth £200,000 to Entier, the Granite City-based catering and hotel support services company.
Abermed appoints new medical director
Aberdeen occupational health specialist Abermed has appointed Dr Steve Boorman as medical director for UK health services.
Another incident on BP North Sea oil platform
BP SAID yesterday it was forced to deal with another incident on the same North Sea oil platform that was shut down by a fire in July.
BP braces itself for new round of oil spill damages
OIL giant BP is set to take another battering after a US judge ruled thousands of fishermen and business owners hit by the Gulf of Mexico oil spill disaster could sue for punitive damages, it was reported yesterday.
Cleaning up North Sea oil spill to take weeks, says Shell
THE safe removal of up to 660 tonnes of oil from the damaged pipeline in the Gannet field in the North Sea will take weeks, Shell has revealed.