The U.S. offshore industry experienced an even lower rate of 0.8 incidents per 100 full-time workers.
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The winter weather has also been causing ongoing problems since last week for offshore industry helicopter flights.
The answer is as clear as the king of spades: shut down the offshore industry that skirts today's rules.
His Antiguan operations prospered, although the country's growing offshore industry suffered various scandals and two blacklistings by foreign regulators.
UK, the offshore industry's trade body, is more bullish, arguing that British firms can make the kit as well as manage it.
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But in the 1970s the offshore industry was still male-only territory.
Oil and Gas UK - the offshore industry body - said oil transported through the Brent pipeline system represented 10% of the UK's North Sea oil production.
While investment in UK water is back in boom times, the offshore industry in and around Aberdeen appears to be doing exceptionally well at diversifying into foreign markets.
The new paint, similar to that used in the offshore oil industry, is then applied in three coats.
There is engineering expertise, notably in Aberdeen, where the offshore oil industry has been installing complex machinery in rough seas for decades.
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The offshore banking industry was upended by the IRS investigation of UBS. UBS admitted it helped tens of thousands of Americans evade U.S. taxes.
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And if Russia plays ball it will strike a hard bargain - perhaps securing an interest in Cyprus's offshore gas industry, yet to be developed.
Anders Soe-Jensen, president of Vestas Offshore, had said he was looking to the UK Government to provide the best possible terms for the offshore wind industry.
Indeed, it's worth a brief digression to underline the findings of the latest survey of Scotland's offshore services industry, published at the weekend by the Scottish government.
Having worked in the offshore drilling industry for six years, this read was a bit of a struggle for me and could be seen as misleading to your readers.
While other investigations have been higher-profile, the recommendations in this report could change how the offshore oil industry operates in the Gulf of Mexico, a prolific oil and natural-gas region.
He said that while efforts to win work closer to home must be a priority, it was possible that the Highland workforce had skills not readily available in Canada's Offshore oil industry.
With this project as a catalyst, the offshore wind industry in Lake Erie could generate 8, 000 jobs over the next 20 years, leading to 5, 000 MW of offshore wind energy in the lake by 2030.
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In the long term as well, prospects for this economy will be extremely challenging: the country's important offshore banking industry, the business of looking after the tax-escaping cash of Russian businesses and individuals, is in effect being closed down forever.
The diligence and expertise of officials in Marine Scotland, among the statutory consultees and other interests should give confidence to the offshore wind industry and its supply chain that planning matters should not be a barrier to investment in Scotland.
One of seven organizations competing for this funding is the Lake Erie Energy Development Corporation (LEEDCo), which aims to stimulate an offshore freshwater wind industry in Northeast Ohio.
"It is too early to offshore a new industry before it is born, " says Andrew Grove, an Intel Corp. founder and one of the first to fund stem-cell study despite the feds' ban.
"It is too early to offshore a new industry before it is born, " says Andrew Grove, an Intel Corp. (nasdaq: INTC - news - people ) founder and one of the first to fund stem-cell study despite the feds' ban.
The BP gulf oil disaster will become the three mile island debacle for the offshore oil and gas industry.
We continue to make millions of offshore acres available to industry.
An economy whose main industry, offshore banking, is being shut.
"This FAA approval allows Cape Wind to move forward and jump-start the new American industry in offshore wind power that will help light up the East Coast, " Cape Wind spokesman Mark Rogers told CNN.
He added that there were other significant claims still to be settled, including offshore oil and gas industry damages as a result of the moratorium on deepwater drilling put in place after the accident, casino losses, fisheries, financial institutions and real estate developers.
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In a statement to the BBC, Exxon Mobil said that before drilling offshore "it is standard industry practice to conduct extensive studies at and below the seabed" to check for hazards, using tools including remote sonar and a magnetometer.
PLC's failure to plug the mile-deep well that has been leaking oil since April is sending shudders down the spines of industry leaders who previously considered offshore exploration to be one of the last lucrative frontiers in the domestic oil business.
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