Worker suffers ‘serious’ injuries after gas release on North Sea drilling rig
As a result the accident Norwegian contractor Island Drilling has been hit with an improvement notice.
As a result the accident Norwegian contractor Island Drilling has been hit with an improvement notice.
Investigations are continuing six months after worker Jason Thomas went missing from the Valaris 121 North Sea oil rig.
The offshore industry will review the weight and size of North Sea workers as concerns are raised over crews fitting into platform lifeboats.
The UK’s safety regulator has issued a warning to Shell (LON:SHEL) over inadequate safety and risk management procedures on its North Sea Shearwater hub.
Regulation of safety in the energy sector is uniquely challenging in high-hazard environments, particularly with increasing pressures to innovate to achieve the transition to net zero and provide energy security.
"Unacceptably high” maintenance backlog, among other issues, raised by HSE across 15 oil and gas installations, Energy Voice can reveal.
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has said it is looking into the recent hydraulic pump failure on the Kraken vessel that caused production to stop.
Dutch group One-Dyas has been rapped on the knuckles for not properly assessing rust risks on a Southern North Sea platform.
According to the HSE, the leak happened during efforts to clear a “suspected blockage” in the production system.
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has appointed Samantha Peace to lead its Energy Division as current director Chris Flint looks to retire.
Perenco has been warned by the UK’s safety regulator after multiple leaks on one of its Indefatigable platforms this year.
Dana Petroleum has been pulled up by the offshore watchdog over its auditing of safety operations on two North Sea FPSOs.
Production has been completely shut down on the Culzean installation, 142 miles off Aberdeen.
Offshore inspectors have issued their toughest sanction after a risk of radioactive contamination was found on a North Sea platform.
There are concerns that other North Sea rigs could have the same issue as the Valaris 121, where 50-year-old Jason Thomas went missing in January.
Health inspectors have found a hole in the deck of a North Sea rig - which appeared the same day a worker went missing and sparked a huge search off Aberdeen.
The government has sanctioned plans to widen quality limits on gas that can be accepted into the UK grid in a bid to shore up energy security and boost North Sea supplies.
Offshore Energies UK (OEUK) has unveiled the line-up for its upcoming HSE conference in Aberdeen.
Police told Energy Voice there are not believed to be any suspicious circumstances surrounding Mr Thomas' disappearance last month.
A probe has been launched by the offshore safety watchdog after a fire onboard a North Sea floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel.
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has warned EnQuest (LON:ENQ) over inadequate integrity testing and risk assessment at its Magnus platform.
Police have named the man who went missing from an oil rig in the North Sea last week as 50-year-old Jason Thomas from Wales.
Salus Technical has compiled a lessons database after combing through nearly 150 inspection letters from HSE for North Sea installations.
A North Sea union boss has called out the “staggering situation” whereby UK regulators are not investigating Sunday’s offshore rig incident when a worker went missing.
Police officers will board an oil rig in Dundee this week after a worker went missing in the North Sea.