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UK’s HSE criticizes North Sea energy structure

12/03/2007
More than half of the oil and gas industry’s basic assets in the UK North Sea that have been inspected over the past 3 years are in poor condition, and companies will face closure or prosecution if they do not improve safety standards, warned the UK Health and Safety Executive (HSE) in a report.After inspecting almost 100 oil and gas platforms, HSE said various safety-related incidents had occurred because of the poor upkeep of basic structures, and that some maintenance backlogs were “unacceptable.”In the KP3 report, which investigated the safety and integrity of offshore installations and their equipment, HSE noted that the sector had made some improvements in its safe...
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