UKCS Offshore Workforce Demographics Report 2015

UKCS OFFSHORE WORKFORCE DEMOGRAPHICS REPORT 2015

4. Total Offshore Workforce The core offshore workforce (comprising those who have been offshore for 100 or more nights in a single calendar year) represented 28,990 workers out of a total offshore workforce of 64,113. The core and non-core offshore workforce represents less than one fifth of the total number of employees working directly in, or as a result of activities generated by, the UK offshore oil and gas industry, which at the start of 2014, totalled more than 400,000. The total offshore workforce (64,113) increased by 2,221 workers (3.6 per cent) from 2013 to 2014 and compares with an increase of 4,910 workers (8.6 per cent) from 2012 to 2013. The continued rise in total offshore personnel may be attributed to the ongoing robust maintenance programmes, together with the development of major offshore projects such as Nexen’s Golden Eagle and BP’s Clair Ridge. However, the softening of the year-on-year increase in total offshore personnel last year could be due to the completion of a number of 2013 projects.

Figure 1: Total Number of Personnel who Travelled Offshore

6%

8%

Remaining Workforce (Onshore) Non-Core Offshore Personnel Core Offshore Personnel

86%

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Source: Vantage POB

As was seen in 2013, there was an increase in employees in all offshore disciplines, with no particular sub-sector or role subject to higher than average growth.

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