report with 106 recommendations in 1990 the industry had spent £1 billion on safety improvements. It has been estimated a further £4 billion has been spent on safety improvements since then. UK offshore safety [...] barrel at the beginning at up to more than $26 by the end but hopes were high that the new Millennium would bring new prosperity. A step towards that had been taken with the formation of the Oil and Gas [...] methods are being challenged and new ones developed. Compa-nies are drilling deeper, further, and in more demanding conditions and developing skills which will open up new opportunities all over the world