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Written question asked by Alex Cunningham (Labour) on Tuesday, 8 November 2022, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 14 November 2022. It was answered by Mims Davies (Conservative) on Thursday, 17 November 2022 on behalf of the Department for Work and Pensions.

Offshore Industry: North Sea

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 17 October 2022 to Question 61899, which duty holders are represented on the Asset Integrity Task Group; and how many times that group has met to date in 2022.

Answer

In March 2021 Offshore Energy UK (OEUK) arranged a workshop involving representatives from North Sea operators, Suppliers, the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) and the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) to discuss the increasing trend of maintenance backlogs within the offshore sector. This became the Maintenance Backlog Working Group (MBWG). The terms of reference are given in Appendix B of OEUK’s published guidance “OEUK’s Maintenance Backlog Measurement, Interpretation and Management Guideline”. During the coronavirus pandemic it was determined that the MBWG should be the principal asset integrity focus, and it is now part of the Asset Integrity Task Group (AITG).

The AITG has met twice in 2022 with another meeting planned for 30 November 2022.

Duty holders represented on the AITG are BP, Petrofac, CNOOC, Repsol Sinopec, EnQuest, Serica, Equinor, SRCN Solutions Ltd, Harbour Energy, Shell, Ithaca, Spirit Energy, Neptune Energy, TAQA, ODE Asset Management, TotalEnergies, Perenco and Wood.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
82286
Session
2022-23
Related items
Offshore Industry: North Sea
Monday, 17 October 2022
Written questions
House of Commons
Grouped for answer
Yes
Subjects
Health and Safety Executive Offshore industry Safety Repairs and maintenance North Sea
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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