Demographics Report 2014 - page 20

UKCSOFFSHOREWORKFORCEDEMOGRAPHICSREPORT2014
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As in 2012, although production and drilling activity declined, the core workforce travelling offshore
increased last year.
Production levels fell by almost eight per cent in 2013 from 2012, an improvement when compared with the
average decline of 15 per cent per year experienced from 2010 to 2012. The UKCS produced an average of
1.43millionbarrelsofoilequivalent(boepd)perdayover2013.Overthe lastthreeyears,productionhasdeclinedby
38per cent, butwith the combinationof newfield start-ups, fields coming back on-stream andongoingwork to
improveproductionefficiency, it is expected tobegin topickup in20148.
Figure15: TheRelationshipbetween theNumber of CoreWorkers
andProductionFigures from2006 to2013
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Source: VantagePOB,Oil&GasUK, DECC
8. Oil&GasUK’sActivity Survey2014 is available todownloadat:www.oilandgasuk.co.uk/forecasts.cfm
Source: VantagePOB,Oil&GasUK, DECC