Demographics Report 2014

UKCSOFFSHOREWORKFORCEDEMOGRAPHICSREPORT2014

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 in2014 8 .

Figure15: TheRelationshipbetween theNumber of CoreWorkers andProductionFigures from2006 to2013

30,000

5

4.5

25,000

4

3.5

20,000

3

CoreWorkers

Production

2.5

15,000

2

10,000

Number of Personnel

1.5

Production (Millionboepd)

1

5,000

0.5

0

0

2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013

Source: VantagePOB,Oil&GasUK, DECC Source: VantagePOB,Oil&GasUK, DECC

8. Oil&GasUK’sActivity Survey2014 is available todownloadat:www.oilandgasuk.co.uk/forecasts.cfm

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