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Dossier: Journey to North Sea platforms now a form of “russian roulette”

Workers have written to their union to express safety fears following the reven EC-225 NORWAY CRASH DOSSIER OF MESSAGES RECEIVED BY RMT FROM OFFSHORE WORKERS Messages are verbatim except for the removal of sender’s names Sent: 30 April 2016 18:29
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Workers to have pay cut after refusing to work after helicopter crash

Workers on board a North Sea platform have been told they will have their pay docked after downing tools in response to the fatal helicopter crash off Norway. Employees of Wood Group PSN, on the Eastern Trough Area Project (Etap) platform, stopped wo… Read More
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“Lethal mix” of fear and despair in wake of North Sea helicopter crash

A huge and emotional outpouring of distressed and angry emails have been received by the leading offshore workers’ trade union RMT since a fatal helicopter crash in Norway killed 13 people last month. Hundreds and maybe thousands of UK offshore worke… Read More
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Iran’s speedy oil revival unlikely to mean change in OPEC stance

Iran’s success in boosting crude output to the most since late 2011 is no incentive for it to join OPEC partners in curbing production to shore up prices. With crude rallying, analysts see no immediate need for action. Oil Prices are near the highest… Read More
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World’s biggest tidal-energy device launched in Belfast

Orkney-based renewables firm Scotrenewables Tidal Power (STP) said today it had launched the world’s largest energy generating tidal turbine. The two megawatt SR2000 device, which is more than 200ft long, nearly 10ft wide and weighs 550 tonnes, made … Read More
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Shell pulls out of all but one Arctic lease

Oil major Shell has reportedly given up on all but one of its offshore leases in the Chukchi Sea, less than a year after it ditched Arctic drilling plans. The post Shell pulls out of all but one Arctic lease appeared first on Energy Voice. … Read More
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Developer confident of wind farm go-ahead despite subsidy setback

The backers of a £2billion wind farm planned for the outer Forth Estuary have not been scared off by moves to scrap a subsidy agreement, the project’s developer said yesterday. The Low Carbon Contracts Company (LCCC), which manages for the contracts … Read More
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Energy Bill: What does it mean for the OGA?

This week, the Energy Bill was agreed by both Houses and has now received royal assent. Want to find out more and what this means for the OGA? What is the Energy Bill? The Energy Bill was introduced to the House of Lords on 9 July 2015. It creates a … Read More
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New North Sea beckons oil producers off Canada’s eastern coast

A change to an obscure shipping law is helping draw major oil companies to an area off Canada’s east coast that may rival the North Sea for its production potential. The post New North Sea beckons oil producers off Canada’s eastern coast appeared fi… Read More
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Oil at $45 a barrel proving no savior as bankruptcies pile up

Three bankruptcies this week shows that $45 a barrel oil isn’t enough to rescue energy companies on the verge of collapse. The post Oil at $45 a barrel proving no savior as bankruptcies pile up appeared first on Energy Voice. … Read More
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Offshore workers tell OGUK chief “we don’t get it” over offshore cuts

The boss of industry body Oil and and Gas UK has moved to clarify comments she made to MPs after angry oil workers objected to her claiming they “get it” about why cost cutting measures are being taken by companies. The OGUK chief executi… Read More
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Question mark “hangs over” Aberdeen harbour expansion plans

Aberdeen Harbour Board (AHB) has discarded a study which raised environmental concerns about its £415million plans to expand into Nigg Bay. Green groups said yesterday there was a “question mark” hanging over the site after a report revealed higher t… Read More
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Les Linklater: Leading the hard way, not learning the hard way

The disbelief in my initial reaction, to yet another tragic helicopter accident, was surpassed quickly by an overwhelming and heartfelt sadness that, once again, we had lost more colleagues as they simply travelled home from another offshore trip. Th… Read More
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Minister pressed to promise residents’ fracking wishes ‘will not be overidden’

Communities which reject fracking projects should receive the same protections by ministers as those who successfully campaign against wind farms, Labour has said. The post Minister pressed to promise residents’ fracking wishes ‘will not … Read More
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Workers from Suncor Energy set to return to facilities after wildfire

Workers from Suncor Energy are set to return to facilities closed during a massive wildfire in Canada. The post Workers from Suncor Energy set to return to facilities after wildfire appeared first on Energy Voice. … Read More
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