UKCS Offshore Workforce Demographics Report 2013
UKCS OFFSHORE WORKFORCE DEMOGRAPHICS REPORT 2013
Although production and drilling activity declined, the core workforce travelling offshore has increased from 2010 to 2012 (as discussed on page 14). The decline in oil and gas production year on year is broadly in line with the trend seen since 2005. However since 2010, production fell by 30 per cent in just two years. Oil & Gas UK’s Activity Survey attributes this to the slowdown in investment which reached a low point in 2008 to 2009, extended planned maintenance shutdowns and a number of unplanned shutdowns.
Figure 14: The Relationship between the Number of Core Workers and Production Figures from 2006 to 2012
30,000
5
4.5
25,000
4
3.5
20,000
3
15,000
2.5
2
10,000 Number of Personnel
1.5
Core Workers Production
1
5,000
0.5
Production per Million Barrels of Oil Equivalent per Day
0
0
2006
2007
2008
2009 Years
2010
2011
2012
Figure 15: The Relationship between the Number of Core Workers and Drilling Activity from 2006 to 2012
30,000
350
300
25,000
Appraisal Exploration
250
20,000
Development Core Workers
200
15,000
150
Number of Wells
10,000
Number of Personnel
100
5,000
50
0
0
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
Years
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