North Sea Countries Agree on Common Offshore Safety Practices

Norway, the Netherland, the UK and Denmark signed an agreement to share common safety practices for offshore operations. 

‘It is agreed that Oil & Gas UK, Norwegian Oil and Gas, NOGEPA and Oil & Gas Denmark, will recognise specialised safety and emergency response training given in each of the countries and in accordance with this agreement and future updates,’ reads the report about the guidelines for mutual recognition of specialised safety and emergency response training for North Sea operations.

According to another document, the ultimate goal for the association is to develop a common standard to prepare the workforce to achieve a high level of competence in specialized safety and emergency preparedness across the North West Europe. 

At the moment, each national association accepts training school, while each country automatically recognizes safety training given in schools recognized by the national associations of the other three countries.