Offshore staff
LONDON -- The European Commission may consider modifying its stance on regulating offshore safety, according to British association Oil & Gas UK.
This follows Commissioner Oettinger’s update to the Energy Council concerning draft legislation for offshore oil and gas exploration in the EU.
Oil & Gas UK chief executive Malcolm Webb said: "Oil & Gas UK is encouraged by the news that the European Commission is prepared to be flexible in the approach it adopts to raising safety standards in Europe up those high standards now prevailing in the countries around the North Sea.
“We support the Commission’s aims in that regard, and are ready to help them achieve this through a well-worded Directive, rather than a Regulation.”
7/18/2012
