Shell starts planned stoppages on two platforms as North Sea strikes take hold
Shell has undertaken planned stoppages on two of its seven assets affected by North Sea strike action.
Shell has undertaken planned stoppages on two of its seven assets affected by North Sea strike action.
Hundreds of workers are striking on seven of Shell's North Sea platforms in a dispute over pay and conditions with their employer Wood Group.
Det Norske said it has completed the drilling of a wildcat well which has come up dry.
Oil major Shell said it was "deeply disappointing" unions had chosen to continue with their 48-hour strike today.
A 48-hour North Sea strike has begun on seven of Shell’s assets after last ditch attempts to reach an agreement between unions and workers broke down.
The Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH) and the International SOS Foundation have just issued a guide outlining the aspects of safety, health and security for which organisations should take responsibility when they have workers travelling for work, or on international assignments.
Det Norske has won approval for use of the Safe Zephyrus at the Ivar Aasen field in the North Sea.
Statoil said it has been given consent to use the Songa Enabler for drilling three wells at Snohvit.
Offshore pipeline installations in the North Sea are forecast to drop to a 35-year low this year as the decline in oil price hits the region's subsea industry.
A further set of eleventh-hour talks have failed to avert a 48-strike on Shell's North Sea assets.
Xcite said it has received an extension to the maturity of senior secured bonds granted until the end of September this year as it revealed its results for the first six months of 2016.
Maersk Drilling said it will cut 122 jobs in Norway after a contract was terminated early for a deepwater rig.
Statoil has been given consent to use the Songa Delta mobile drilling facility at the Tune field in the North Sea to plug a well.
Job losses and low morale could derail efforts to bring the UK offshore sector's safety-critical maintenance backlog under control, a trade unionist said yesterday. RMT regional organiser Jake Molloy was commenting on a report showing the amount of maintenance work overdue for completion on oil and gas infrastructure was shrinking. Oil and Gas UK’s health and safety report said year-on-year reductions were being reported across the backlog of planned, corrective and deferred work.
Ithaca Energy has extended its position in the Greater Stella Area (GSA) with four agreements entered into for the acquisition of additional interests in two discoveries.
Theresa May's government was accused of walking away from its responsibility to the North Sea last night as the full details of the new business and energy secretary's team were unveiled.
The downturn in the oil and gas industry has hit the number of North Sea lifesavers.
It is surely sad when an industry gets to such a parlous position that workers resort to the threat of industrial action and ultimately strike over pay and conditions.
Most of a group of young apprentices dumped by administrators of the failed offshore fabrication company Enterprise Engineering Services (EES) have been rescued.
A North Sea industrial dispute has been hit by further setbacks after unions revealed a 48-hour strike would be held next month.
Exxon Mobil Corp. and Royal Dutch Shell Plc this week reported their lowest quarterly profits since 1999 and 2005, respectively.
The chief executive of Wood Group has said the company is "hugely disappointed" after failing to reach a resolution with unions to bring strike action to an end.
Unions will stage a 48-hour strike next week as industrial action continues on seven Shell assets in the North sea.
Serica Energy said production has resumed from the Erskine field after a pipeline blockage.
More than 300 places on training courses are being offered to people facing redundancy in the oil and gas sector.