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31 March 2009 - Minimum Industry Safety Training Standard
		Step Change in Safety, in collaboration with OPITO - The Oil & Gas Academy has created a new minimum industry safety training (MIST) standard for the UK offshore workforce, coming into effect from 1 April 2009. In this video podcast, Dave Sherrit, learning and organisational development leader within Chevron Upstream Europe Limited, and Jim Cameron, approvals and competence services director at OPITO – The Oil & Gas Academy, explain the details of the new training standard.

20 March 2009 - Budget 2009
		The UK oil and gas industry is proposing that the Government takes measures to stimulate investment in our oil and gas reserves. In this video podcast, Jessica Burton is talking to Mike Tholen, Oil & Gas UK's economics director, to find out more.

20 March 2009- Next Generation Conference 09
		To find out what Oil & Gas UK’s Next Generation Conference is all about, watch the next generation taster debate here. In this video podcast, Jessica Burton is discussing the future of the oil and gas industry with Malcolm Webb, chief executive, Oil & Gas UK; Emily Ferguson, geologist; Maersk Oil North Sea U.K. Limited; Claire MacKinnon, communications officer, Technip; and Bob Keiller, CEO of PSN.

3 March 2009 - New Guidleines to Combat NRB
		In its first video podcast, Oil & Gas UK explains the processes and procedures behind its new ‘Guidelines for the Permanent Removal of Offshore Personnel’. These guidelines have been developed to provide transparency to a process commonly referred to as ‘not required back’. The video podcast features an interview with Chris Allen, HSSE director with Oil & Gas UK and John Taylor, regional industrial organiser, T&G section Unite the Union. Where reference is made in this interview to the term OIM, this refers to the Offshore Installation Manager.