Helicopter transport still ‘biggest concern’ a decade since Super Puma tragedy
A decade on since a fatal crash in the North Sea, helicopter transport remains the “biggest concern” for the offshore workforce.
Jake Molloy
Perenco supplier denies exploitation of non-EU workforce operating in North Sea
A North Sea offshore supplier has denied exploiting non-EU workers - despite paying some little more than £3 an hour.
OPINION: Time for change for offshore workers?
For the public at large an offshore worker is considered 'lucky' because - "they get half the year off!"
Apache safety breach ‘reflection’ of what’s happening offshore, union boss says
An offshore union boss has described a safety breach discovered on the Beryl Bravo platform as "a reflection is what is actually happening offshore".
Signs of Piper Alpha ‘resurfacing’ says union boss
Trade unions yesterday condemned North Sea workforce conditions claiming signs of the failings that led to Piper Alpha are “coming to the surface again”.
Piper Alpha: Fears offshore safety drive has stalled
Oil and gas industry bosses have been urged to maintain the focus on safety in the face of new challenges within the sector.
Union boss attacks Total over proposed rota changes
Oil giant Total’s attempt to justify planned offshore rota changes was “arrogant, cynical and patronising”, a union boss has said.
ConocoPhillips to axe 450 jobs in UK
Energy giant ConocoPhillips has confirmed plans to axe 450 jobs across the UK, reducing its headcount by more than a third.
Oil workers’ removal from North Sea rig ‘outrageous’, RMT union says
The decision to send a group of oil workers ashore after they refused to get into lifeboats on a rig is “outrageous”, a union boss has said.
Plans to reform off-payroll rules to impact North Sea industry
The UK Government has set its sights on private sector employment practices in a move expected to have huge implications for the North Sea oil and gas industry.
Oil workers ‘could have been killed’ after flying into gas leak thought to be a false alarm
Oil workers responding to what was assumed to be a false gas alarm on a North Sea installation found themselves trapped by a "highly flammable" hydrocarbon release capable of killing everyone onboard.
Trade unionist honored for ‘outstanding contribution’ to North Sea
A leading union representative has been honored for his "outstanding contribution" to the North Sea's oil and gas industry.
North Sea industry ‘getting by’ without Super Pumas
A group created to address North Sea helicopter capacity concerns has not met in more than five months because the oil sector “hasn’t got a pan-industry issue”.
Exclusive: Revolutionary North Sea scheme will emulate football free transfers in bid to save jobs
The North Sea oil and gas industry is looking to a football-style loan transfer scheme to resolve skills shortages after it emerges from a long and brutal downturn.
Best Opinion: Jake Molloy
We've rounded-up our best opinion pieces of the year. And we couldn't compile a 'Best of' without featuring RMT regional organizer Jake Molloy. His first-person piece on the Chinook tragedy was a powerful and somber reflection.
Jake Molloy: How Chinook changed the lives of families, workers and my perspective
On November 6th 1986 when the Chinook took the lives of 45 workers I was at home, redundant like many thousands more due to the 1986 downturn.
Jake Molloy: ‘Escalating from a dispute to complete breakdown in industrial relations’
It’s taken 27 years to get to the point where offshore workers feel compelled to take industrial action and withdraw their labour, but more than that it has taken the belligerence and intransigence of an industry hell bent on making the workforce pay for the mismanagement of the sector!
Video: Piper Alpha a “turning point” in North Sea safety
RMT regional organiser Jake Molloy has described Piper Alpha as a "turning point" for the North Sea oil and gas industry as relatives and workers met to commemorate the 28th anniversary of the disaster.
BP job losses a hammer blow to employees, union boss says
BP's plans to reduce its North Sea headcount by 600 will come as a "hammer blow" to staff members and contractors alike, a union boss has said.
Jake Molloy: Only Mr Robertson knows what he meant
Union leader Jake Molloy said only MSP Dennis Robertson could have known what he meant to say after claiming there was "no crisis" in the North Sea oil and gas industry.
Jake Molloy: That was the year….I left the industry
In years to come thousands of former oil and gas workers will look back to 2015 and say; that was the year...... and most likely finish the line with; I left the industry! There will be variations on the theme; I was made redundant; or I started a new career; I got sacked or hounded out, or perhaps, I retired from the industry.
“Slash and burn” approach threatens North Sea oil industry
Oil companies’ “slash and burn” approach to cutting the costs of their North Sea interests is putting Scotland’s offshore industry at risk, a union leader has warned Holyrood.
UK Government called to support ‘sacrificial cow’ by union boss
The UK Government must support the North Sea oil and gas industry through the downturn because it was its “sacrificial milk cow” for years, a union boss warned last night. Jake Molloy, RMT regional organiser, made the comments on a visit to London, where he briefed MPs in the union’s parliamentary group. They discussed sustainability of production and jobs, and how to maximise the recovery, in advance of a meeting with energy ministers at Westminster.