The number of incidents related to offshore oil and gas operations in the EU28 (including the United Kingdom) rose sharply between 2017 and 2018, from 59 incidents to 124, while the number of installations remained relatively stable, according to the European Commission’s latest annual report on safety in the sector, released on Tuesday 25 August.
According to this document, most (80%) of the observed failures fell into the category of unintentional releases and 13.7% involved loss of...