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5. CoreWorkforce
Thecoreworkforce isdefinedas thosewhoworkoffshore forover100nights inacalendaryear.Themostcommon
rotationpatterns for thecoreworkforce isequal time (twoweekson, twoweeksoff/threeweekson, threeweeks
off) or twoweekson, threeweeksoff.
Thenumberofcorepersonnelhas risen from25,760 in2012 to27,749 in2013, representinga7.7percent increase.
This thehighest number of coreworkers sincedatawerefirst analysed in2006, albeitwith a smaller percentage
rise from2012 to2013 than from2011 to2012,which stoodat 8.4per cent.
Despite thedecrease inexplorationdrillingandan increase inoperatingcosts in2013, thecoreoffshoreworkforce
continues to rise year-on-year. As mentioned earlier in the report, this could be due to increased manpower
needed for maintenance programmes, upgrades and key projects, as well as record capital investment of
£14.4billion last year innewandbrownfielddevelopments
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Figure10:Number of CorePersonnel TravellingOffshore from2006 to2013
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Source: VantagePOB
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Oil&GasUK’sActivity Survey2014
is available todownloadat
Source: VantagePOB
