Debate over North Sea regulation proposals
Oil and gas industry leaders had their last chance to discuss European Union proposals to take regulatory control of the North Sea sector yesterday.
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EU plan impact ‘poses risk’
European Union plans to take regulatory control of the North Sea industry would be more damaging to oil and gas operators than a spill, according to analysts.
Netherlands shares safety concerns
The Netherlands shares the UK's concerns about EU plans to shake up safety regulations in the oil and gas industry.
Industry unites against EU plans for North Sea safety
Oil and gas firms and their workers united against EU plans to seize regulatory control of the North Sea industry yesterday and warned it could damage the UK's safety regime.
Webb lobbying EU over offshore safety
The head of Oil and Gas UK (OGUK) will be in Brussels today in an effort to persuade the EU to change its plans to seize regulatory control of the North Sea oil and gas industry.
Higgs Boson v the EU
I WONDER if it's too late for me to become a physicist because I find the hunt for the Higgs Boson utterly fascinating.
PM calms MPs over EU move on North Sea
PRIME Minister David Cameron has dismissed fears that his controversial veto in Brussels could make it more difficult to block EU plans to seize regulatory control of the North Sea oil and gas industry.
EU plans could increase risk of accident offshore
THE managing director of oil and gas company OMV UK said yesterday that European Union plans to seize regulatory control of the North Sea oil and gas industry could increase the risk of an accident in UK waters.
Fears EU move may undermine North Sea safety advances
EUROPEAN Union plans to take regulatory control of the oil and gas industry could undermine all the health and safety work done in the North Sea since the Piper Alpha disaster, it was claimed yesterday.
EU move over offshore safety
The European Union announced plans last night to seize regulatory control of the oil and gas industry - and it wants operators to put up more than £100million a year to pay for it.