
With more than 400 offshore members employed by Bilfinger UK poised to embark on industrial action due to a dispute over pensions, operators including BP, CNR, Ineos, Ithaca, and TAQA will experience a two-day stoppage at dozens of offshore installations on the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS) next week.

Norwegian energy services provider Aker Solutions is set to make workforce and capacity cuts as a response to an anticipated decrease in activity levels this year. After several years of record-high workload, Aker Solutions announced yesterday, January 7, that it expects activity levels to decrease