On Thursday 23 May, the European Commission published its annual report on the safety of offshore oil and gas operations for 2022, recording a total of 37 incidents in 2022, compared with 26 in 2021.
Of these incidents, 75.67% involved unintentional releases of gas and/or oil, 18.91% belonged to the category of safety and environmental critical element failure and 5.40% to the category of loss of wells.
A total of 485 inspections were carried out by national authorities, compared with 248...