Concern over EU offshore safety move
The UK Government fears that EU plans to shake up offshore safety rules will increase the risk of a major North Sea "disaster".
The UK Government fears that EU plans to shake up offshore safety rules will increase the risk of a major North Sea "disaster".
BP could tap into an £8billion fund to settle claims filed by a group of fishermen and businesses affected by the Deepwater Horizon disaster. The UK oil giant is due to go on trial in the US with two contractors on Monday to find who was responsible for the huge spill in April 2010, but it could agree compensation before the case starts.
BP and Anadarko Petroleum have been exposed to billions of dollars in potential fines after the judge who will oversee the Deepwater Horizon court case ruled they were liable for civil damages under federal pollution laws.
An inspection report on the safety of a pipeline at the centre of the UK's biggest oil leak in a decade was overdue by three years, officials revealed.
The Netherlands shares the UK's concerns about EU plans to shake up safety regulations in the oil and gas industry.
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.
Oil major BP said yesterday that contractor Transocean could not avoid responsibility for its part in the Deepwater Horizon disaster.
An international offshore emergency response arrangement has been overhauled following the Macondo disaster in the Gulf of Mexico.
LAWYERS who represented the victims of Piper Alpha say oil firms need to do more to prevent a similar disaster striking again.
A US federal judge has ruled that BP was not negligent in the case of a 2009 oil spill and did not violate the terms of its probation from an earlier accident.
OIL supermajor BP will not pursue any legal action against Cameron International over last year's Deepwater Horizon disaster after the firms agreed that the contractor would pay a £161million settlement.
A UNION leader for offshore workers has welcomed a report into safety and environmental regulation in the UK oil and gas industry.
THE US offshore drilling regulator has issued a further five citations against BP relating to the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico last year.
THERE was a huge amount at stake for the industry - an estimated £50million per year in additional holiday pay entitlement.
Oil major BP has accused Halliburton of destroying damaging evidence about the quality of cement used at the Macondo well which exploded in the Gulf of Mexico last year.
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.
OCCUPATIONAL-Health specialist Abermed, of Aberdeen, said yesterday it had signed a deal with Williams Medical Supplies to improve offshore care.
Industry body Oil & Gas UK (OGUK) has released guidelines for firms to help them understand and follow Health and Safety Executive rules.
No one is likely to face prosecution over a North Sea helicopter crash that claimed the lives of 16 men, a leading aviation expert claimed last night.
Global offshore health and safety training specialists Falck Nutec has appointed Michael Findlay, former owner of Technical Lifting Solutions Training (Scotland), as director of lifting and mechanical maintenance.
THE fatal flaws that led to one of Scotland's worst helicopter tragedies have been laid bare by air crash investigators.
NEARLY two-thirds of oil and gas workers believe employers' attitudes to health and safety could lead to complacency, according to a survey published yesterday.
AN OIL worker had to be airlifted to hospital yesterday with head and arm injuries after an accident onboard a platform.
A Norwegian oil and gas industry report into the safety of working in the Arctic Circle has emphasised the needs to focus on preventing pollution rather than cleaning it up.
An oil company has won its fight against claims that staff working on an offshore platform suffered from a lack of privacy.