Offshore oil and gas

HSE's Offshore Division (OSD) is responsible for the offshore oil and gas industry. Our mission is to protect people's health and safety by ensuring risks in the changing workplace are properly controlled. Our current priorities are:

leadership
asset integrity
safety culture

Ship transfers during helicopter disruption

People working offshore

During this period of disruption to helicopter operations duty holders are reminded of HSE's Guidance on procedures for the transfer of personnel by carriers (Offshore Information Sheet 1/2007)

View the guidance

Deepwater horizon incident in the Gulf of Mexico

The Health and Safety Executive’s Offshore Division is monitoring the situation in the Gulf of Mexico following the fatal explosion on the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig in May 2010.

Further information