North Sea industry told ‘raise game on safety’ after jump in gas releases
BRITAIN’S oil and gas industry was today ordered to “up its game” on safety following revelations that the number of potentially catastrophic gas releases on offsh
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Can insurers cope with a perfect storm?
A devastating earthquake in Chile, wind storms across Europe, and the disastrous oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico have contributed to one of the worst first halves for the insurance industry in a decade. This has led to questions over whether the shine has finally come off the catastrophe insurance industry, after an unprecedented purple patch.
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Chernobyl offshore?
Unfair though it may seem, it is conceivable that the Macondo incident will have at least as damaging and persistent an impact on the offshore industry as Chernobyl does on the nuclear power industry . . .
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