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Offshore Industry: Repairs and Maintenance

Asked by Brian LeishmanLabourDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled Answered 7 July 2025UIN 64613

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, which oil and gas (a) duty holders and (b) installations on the UK Continental Shelf were subject to enforcement action by the Health and Safety Executive in relation to the management of safety critical maintenance work in each year between 2022-23 and 2024-25.

Answered by Sir Stephen Timms

As a result of the review of maintenance backlog data and targeted offshore installation and HQ interventions over the recent years Improvement Notices have been served on the following installation operators (for both single and multiple installations). These are accessible on Health and Safety Executives’s enforcement database:

For 2022/23:

Ithaca Alba

Eni Douglas

CNR multiple installations

Perenco multiple installations

Total Gryphon

Harbour Armada

For 2023/24:

Repsol Auk

Total Dunbar

Apache multiple installations

For 2024/25:

Total Culzean

Dana Triton

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