UKCS

OGA Launches Mediation Pilot To Resolve UKCS Licence Disputes

  • UK oil and gas industry regulator, OGA, announced the launch of an year-long UK Continental Shelf (UKCS) – mediation pilot.
  • The aim of mediation is to encourage parties to resolve the dispute themselves, rather than bringing the dispute before a judge (or the OGA) for a decision.
  • Mediation provides a confidential ‘safe space’ for parties to explore potential routes to resolution of a dispute on a ‘without prejudice’ basis, assisted by an independent third party (the mediator) who will...

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RMT responds to NAO report on oil and gas in the UK offshore decommissioning

Mick Cash

RMT responds to NAO report on oil and gas in the UK offshore decommissioning 

 General Secretary Mick Cash said;
 “This is the only growth area of spending in the offshore oil and gas sector. 
“Over the next decade UKCS decommissioning must benefit UK employment to reduce job losses from declining oil and gas resources, including seafarers and divers on specialist ships used to decommission hundreds of rigs and platforms, thousands of wells and subsea pipelines. 
“Yet the Oil and Gas...

http://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2019/01/25/rmt-responds-to-nao-report-on-oil-and-gas-in-the-uk-offshore-decommissioning/