CHC Helicopter has announced that they will be providing a special helicopter service to remove corona virus patients from North Sea installations.

Offshore platforms and rigs will be placed on immediate "lockdown" if a worker on board tests positive for coronavirus, the industry has said.

Norwegian Oil giant Equinor has a confirmed that one worker has tested positive for coronavirus on one of its assets in the North Sea.

Scatsta Airport is to close in the summer with the loss of up to 50 jobs.

More than 60 North Sea workers were flown to Aberdeen tonight following what BP described as a power generation issue on their ETAP platform.

Energy People has been sent images of a crane collapse that happened on the Valaris JU-120 drilling rig on Friday.

Petrofac announces today it has signed an exclusive partnership agreement with MODS, a digitalisation and dimensional control service company, to deploy its flagship product ‘Virtual Manager Enterprise’ (VME) at scale in the North Sea. The agreement provides Petrofac with exclusive rights to use VME within the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS) as an EPC contractor.

HOUSTON, January 30, 2019 – DecomWorld – part of Reuters Events - today announced a new research session into decommissioning facilities removal. The project explores removal options, rigs-to-reefs and the potential impact of platform repurposing for the energy transition.

The hearing into the the 2013 fatal Sumburgh helicopter crash got underway yesterday at Aberdeen Sheriff Court. The preliminary hearing opened with Sheriff Pyle launching an attack on the legal system for forcing families to wait a “deplorable” seven years for an inquiry into the tragedy. The hearing proceeded a fatal accident inquiry that should start in the next few months.

Greenpeace activists have left two rigs on the North Sea due to safety concerns.