Stena Drilling, operators of the mobile offshore drilling unit Stena Clyde, report that their two crewmembers who tragically died in an accident on 27th August can now be confirmed as Mr Peter Meddens from Darwin, Australia and Mr Barry Denholm, from Lossiemouth, Scotland. Stena Drilling and Stena Drilling Australia once again offers their heartfelt condolences [...]
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The deaths of two workers on a drilling rig off the Victorian coast yesterday is a tragic reminder of the dangers of the industry, leading unions to renew calls for offshore petroleum workers to be given the same workplace health and safety rights and protections those on dry land. While investigations are continuing into the [...]
Stena Drilling Limited as Managers for Stena Drilling (Australia) Pty Limited confirms that an incident occurred on its Stena Clyde drilling unit today, currently operating in offshore Australia at approximately 00:20hrs (UK time). The incident occurred on the drill floor of the drilling unit and resulted in 2 (two) fatalities one British national and one [...]
In an industrial accident aboard a drilling rig in Bass Strait, off Victoria’s coast, two men have been killed, reports news.com.au. The incident took place on the Stena Clyde mobile rig, which has been working in the Otway Basin since March searching for natural gas on behalf of Origin Energy. “They were drilling for a [...]
As reported by Reuters, workers at the GDF Suez’s three liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminals in France went back to work on Monday. The strike termination is a result of an agreement GDF Suez’s Elengy unit proposed to the workers, which includes an improved manner of profit sharing. “We’re restarting operations,” head of CTG Union [...]
As informed by Reuters, the strike staged by workers at GDF Suez LNG terminals, situated in southern and western France, continues today as well. Namely, work on all the terminals is completely suspended, resulting in delays in unloading schedule and even forcing certain tankers to divert to other terminals. This was the case with the [...]
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