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Offshore workers’ jobs at risk in ‘double-edged’ crisis, union warns
by Press Association
19/03/2020, 10:20 am
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The RMT union has warned that oil price wars and the public health pandemic could drive the North Sea oil and gas industry over the edge (Andrew Milligan/PA)
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Oil price wars and the public health pandemic could drive the North Sea oil and gas industry over the edge, putting tens of thousands of offshore workers out of work, a union has warned.
The UK could become more reliant on imported fossil fuels, extinguishing prospects of a just transition for oil and gas workers, said the Rail, Maritime and Transport (RMT) union.
General secretary Mick Cash said: “We are extremely concerned at the potential of the current double-edged crisis to permanently damage members’ jobs and conditions, as well as production capacity in the North Sea.
“We are hearing that exploration projects are being delayed or cancelled as oil gas prices plummet to unsustainable levels.