OPEN LETTER TO ENERGY MINISTER : SAVE THE GRYPHON

OPEN LETTER TO ENERGY MINISTER : SAVE THE GRYPHON

Sign the open letter from Oil & Gas workers and communities to the Minister for Energy, Michel Shanks today
Dear Minister for Energy,

North Sea Oil & Gas Workers, many of whom are Unite members, are deeply concerned about the handling of the UK Oil & Gas industry by this government.

Thousands of North Sea Oil & Gas jobs are at risk over the next 3-5 years.

The hostile regulatory environment created by the threat to ban new drilling licences is leading oil & gas operators on the UKCS to take decisions that are destructive of job security, UK energy security and potentially offshore health and safety.

Even more immediately we would like to draw your attention to an area of deep concern:

The regulatory limbo of the Gryphon A FPSO – a situation brought about by unnecessary decisions taken by operator Total and the seeming willingness of the NSTA to avoid taking decisive action to uphold existing regulations. Up to 200 Oil & Gas jobs are immediately at risk due destructive decision making.

What do we want?

- Immediately, you must instruct the NSTA to uphold existing UK Petroleum law and work with the relevant operators to get the Gryphon A working again. Undermining UK energy security by allowing decommissioning to take place while economically viable licences remain in place and oil jobs are on the line is unacceptable.

- Immediately develop and implement a plan for a Workers’ Transition. Unite has a viable plan. Any Workers’ Transition Plan must include the full protection of North Sea Jobs, Pay and Conditions.
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