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Tuesday 20 July 2010
Oil & Gas UK Welcomes Energy and Climate Change Inquiry into UK Deepwater Drilling
Oil & Gas UK today (20 July 2010) welcomed the Energy and Climate Change (ECC) Committee’s inquiry into deepwater drilling in the UK. The association’s chief executive, Malcolm Webb, said: “The industry is pleased that the ECC Committee is taking a detailed look at the way in which oil and gas drilling takes place in the UK. It presents an excellent opportunity for us to respond to and correct the ill-informed comment and opinion emanating from numerous sources about our industry.
“The inquiry will enable us to demonstrate not only our industry’s highly commendable track record in the UK, but also the vital role it has to play in assuring the energy security, economic growth and environmental aspirations of this nation. It will also give us the opportunity to convey the excellent work now being done through the Oil Spill Prevention and Response Advisory Group (OSPRAG) in which the industry, regulators and trade unions are engaged, to address and learn from the issues arising from the Gulf of Mexico incident.”
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Note to Editors
- Oil & Gas UK is the leading representative organisation for the UK offshore oil and gas industry. Its members, which number over 100, are companies licensed by the Government to explore for and produce oil and gas in UK waters and those who form any part of the industry’s supply chain.
- The UK has strong and competent regulators in the Department for Energy and the Offshore Safety Division of the HSE who preside over a robust regulatory regime borne out of the recommendations of the Cullen Report (following the Piper Alpha disaster in 1988). This dynamic, goal setting safety regime has served us well for over twenty years of operations during which time nearly 7,000 wells have been successfully drilled in the UK continental shelf (UKCS).
- For more information on OSPRAG, visit www.oilandgasuk.co.uk/osprag/
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