Marathon Oil UK has been fined more than £1 million for safety failures after a pipe ruptured and leaked more than two tonnes of high pressure, high temperature methane gas on a North Sea platform four years ago.
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has handed Premier Oil an improvement notice on the Balmoral platform.
Premier Oil was warned by regulators after issues with the Balmoral platform's flare created a safety risk.
North Sea oil firm EnQuest has confirmed it will change rota patterns for hundreds of its offshore workers.
Aberdeen firm EnerMech has appointed Emmanuelle Marshall as Group HSE Director.
Several organisations have come together in a video campaign to prevent another Piper Alpha-level disaster in the North Sea.
Future asbestos-related deaths arising from construction in the 1970s North Sea oil boom are “inevitable” according to a legal team supporting victims.
Weaknesses in procedures aimed at preventing major North Sea gas leaks have been identified in a review by the UK Health and Safety Executive (HSE).
Perenco has vowed to carry out a review following a scolding from the UK's workplace safety watchdog.
Dana Petroleum said today that it is rectifying an issue flagged by health and safety watchdogs on the Triton FPSO.
A landmark report into the Piper Alpha disaster has finally been made free to the public, decades since its publication.
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) conceded today that offshore safety protocols "need to improve in some key areas" of management.
Inspectors have condemned a “significant failing” by Apache to meet health and safety standards in the use of trainees offshore.
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has released its offshore statistics for last year, showing it raised more than 900 non-compliance issues with operators.
Shell has been fined £60,000 after a technician was severely injured by a gas cylinder on a North Sea platform.
North Sea operator CNR International has been handed an enforcement notice over an oil spill.
Shell's chief executive said today that the oil industry still needed to do a lot of work to improve safety performance.
Rig contractor COSL has been ordered to improve its safety measures after a 25-tonne lifting frame was dropped on its Pioneer vessel.
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has been told the industry is taking “perilous” oil and gas releases “seriously” after a warning was issued by the regulator.
US operator Apache has been hit with a safety notice for operations on one of its North Sea platforms.
The oil and gas industry lacks consistent international safety standards according to a leading trade group.
An event is taking place in Aberdeen next week, highlighting the need for oil and gas companies to meet the requirements of a new EU law to protect critical infrastructure.
A gas build-up on a North Sea platform exposed workers to an explosion risk, a new safety report said.
The First Minister has been questioned on the Scottish Government’s support of offshore safety following a series of reports outlining concerns.
In a letter to coincide with the approaching 30th anniversary of Piper Alpha, Health and Safety Executive (HSE) boss Chris Flint has taken oil and gas operators to task over continued hydrocarbon releases, saying that the industry needs to "do more" to tackle the problem.
