Friday 2 December 2022

Offshore Energies UK (OEUK), the leading trade body for the UK’s offshore energy industry, has launched a report pinpointing key skills shortages that could put the transition to cleaner energies at risk.

OEUK’s annual Workforce Insight report also shows that retaining and recruiting the best people is critical to securing the country’s energy supply. The report will enable OEUK to work with industry and government to set out a new action plan for skills.

The report comes as the impact of Putin’s invasion of Ukraine has tightened global supplies of oil and gas, which, combined with years of underinvestment, has pushed energy security to the fore of concerns in the UK and across the world.

Prices continue to be very volatile and in the UK, domestic energy producers now face a 35% windfall tax on top of the existing rate of 40%, taking the headline rate to 75%, which also threatens investment in skills.

The report can be accessed here