Safety first
As part of a series of initiatives to boost standards, the oil and gas industry unveils skills academy and creates an interactive website. Andrew Lee reports.
The UK oil and gas industry has unveiled a range of initiatives to boost skills and standards in the sector, particularly in the area of offshore safety.
This year will see the launch of the first skills academy for North Sea oil and gas operations and the creation of a joint industry website
designed to promote best practice in asset integrity on offshore platforms.
The site is the first in what industry association Oil & Gas UK promised would be a number of initiatives to address concerns raised by the
over offshore maintenance standards.
Last November an HSE report highlighted examples of maintenance delays and under-investment in safety-critical equipment.
The knowledge-sharing website is part of the Step Change in Safety initiative. According to Oil & Gas UK, it will allow individual engineers and others in the industry to access full details of a new development in best practice, an incident report or other useful information.
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