OIL: North Sea Offshore Contractors To Launch New Strikes In June

May-23 13:42By: Felicia Grosse

Around 1,650 North Sea contractors will participate in two rounds of 48-hour strike action on 1-3 and 8-10 June according to Unite the union.

  • Strikes will affect oil and gas operators including Apache, BP, Harbour Energy, Enquest, Ithaca, Repsol, Shell and TAQA.
  • North Sea Offshore contractors took part in previous strike action in late April and 10-12 May. Previous industrial action had no or little effect on output.