Workforce Insight 2020

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Southern North Sea Central North Sea Northern North Sea West of Shetland

10 56 16 12

135

89 42 10

141

WORKFORCE INSIGHT 2020

65 43

97 12

COVID-19 Snapshot

Cat B Flts

Cat B Pax

Cat C Flts

Cat C Pax

Total Numbers

102

275

152

261

Figure 1: Average Weekly Offshore POB

The information in this report mainly relates to 2019 and relies on data from that year, prior to the current pandemic and the dramatic fall in commodity prices. In this section, we have taken a snapshot of the offshore workforce on 8 March, when the spread of the coronavirus was increasing, and on 12 April, the week when the lowest average number of personnel on board (POB) was recorded. This graph shows the offshore POB week by week from the date of lockdown until the time of writing. Since the lowest point in April, there has been some recovery in POB, but it remains below the pre-lockdown level. OGUK believes that the testing of all offshore workers for COVID-19, and not just those presenting with symptoms, will be key to enabling more workers to return. The triple blows of COVID-19 and the fall in oil and gas prices have inevitably resulted in significant job losses in the sector with the reduction in commodity prices exacerbating the constraints in mobilising personnel arising from the pandemic. OGUK has estimated that the sector could see as many as 30,000 jobs lost from the sector as non-essential work is deferred and projects under threat of cancellation. OGUK is working with its members through the OGUK Recovery Group and the Oil and Gas Authority (OGA) to stimulate activity to protect jobs and is also working to accelerate progress in energy transition.

Av Weekly POB

10000 11000 12000

6000 7000 8000 9000

05-Jul

12-Jul

19-Jul

26-Jul

21-Jun

28-Jun

07-Jun

14-Jun

05-Apr

12-Apr

19-Apr

26-Apr

02-Aug

09-Aug

16-Aug

23-Aug

15-Mar

22-Mar

29-Mar

08-Mar

03-May

10-May

17-May

24-May

31-May

Source: OGUK/Vantage POB

Total Helicopter Flts & Pax Movements

100 150 200 250 300

13 31 43 48 78 93 103 111 118 121 125 125 128 131 132 133 135 139 141 143 143 143 148152 36 92 147 167 6 206 216 220 6 3 5 6 9 45 7 250 250 250 255 261 0 50 52 57 64 71 73 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 86 87 87 94 98 102 50 113 161 177 184 198 215 217 226 227 229 232 233 234 235 239 240 242 242 258 270275 9