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UK CONTINENTAL SHELF OFFSHORE WORKFORCE DEMOGRAPHICS REPORT 2013
UK CONTINENTAL SHELF OFFSHORE WORKFORCE DEMOGRAPHICS REPORT 2013
UKCS OFFSHORE WORKFORCE DEMOGRAPHICS REPORT 2013
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Contents
1. Foreword 42. ExecutiveSummary 53. Introduction 64. TotalWorkforce 75. CoreWorkforce 14 5.1 ComparativeTrendsoftheCoreWorkforce 176. ResidentialLocationsandNationalitiesoftheWorkforce 20 6.1 ResidentialLocations 20 6.2 WorkforceNationalities 217. FemaleWorkforce 238. AgeAnalysis 259. SkillsActivityUpdate 30
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1. Foreword
TheUKoilandgasindustryhasbeenactivesincethemid-1960sandhasgrown,nowrequiringaround26,000workerswhoregularlytraveloffshore,alongsidethehundredsofthousandswhoworkonshore.
Toensureacontinued,sufficientsupplyofskilledpeopletoserviceUKoilandgasproduction,itisimportantthattheindustryunderstandstheworkforceprofileandhowitchangesovertime.
Oil&GasUK’smost recent forecastshighlight record investment innewdevelopments,growing interestin exploring for new reserves and fields that are expected to produce into the 2040s1. Developing anunderstandingoftheworkforceprofileisthereforemoreimportantthaneverinmeetingthegrowingandlong-termdemandforaskilledworkforce.
ThisisOil&GasUK’sseventhannualUK Continental Shelf Offshore Workforce Demographics Reportandisdesignedtohelpcompaniesunderstandcurrenttrendsandtoplanahead.Itconsidershowthecompositionoftheoffshoreworkforcehaschangedfrom2006to2012,withparticularattentionpaidtoage,genderandresidentiallocation.
Oil&GasUKisactivelydevelopingandhelpingtodriveforwardanumberofindustryprogrammestosustainthesupplyofworkersthroughoutthesector.Theseinitiativesinclude,butarenotlimitedto,improvingtheperceptionoftheindustryasaplacetobuildacareer,helpingtoencouragetheuptakeofScience,Technology,EngineeringandMaths (STEM) subjects in schools, and supporting the transitionof skilledpeople in the mid-careerphasefromothersectors.
Wehopeyouenjoyreadingthereport.AnyqueriesshouldbedirectedtoOil&GasUK’semploymentandskillsissuesmanager,DrAlixThom,[email protected]
AlixThomEmploymentandSkillsIssuesManager
1Oil&GasUK’sActivity Survey 2013 isavailabletodownloadat:http://www.oilandgasuk.co.uk/forecasts.cfm
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2. ExecutiveSummary
ThedatausedinthisreportcamefromtheVantagePersonnelOnBoard(POB)systemandhavebeenanalysedtoidentifytrendsintheUKoilandgasindustryoffshoreworkforce.
Thefollowingsummarisesthekeyfindingsfor2012:
• Atotalof56,982peopletravelledoffshorein2012,whichisthehighestnumbersince2006whendatawerefirstanalysedandnearlyaninepercentincreasefrom2011when52,300employeestravelledoffshore.
• The core workforce (those working over 100 nights per year offshore) remained at approximately 45percentofthetotalworkforce,reflectingthecontinuingstabilityoftheseroles.At25,760,thenumberofcoreworkersisatitshighestsince2006andrepresentsanincreaseof8.4percentfrom2011whentherewere23,758coreworkers.
• Threeandahalftimesmorenon-operatorpersonnelthanoperatorpersonneltravelledoffshorein2012.Thetotalnumberofpersonneltravellingoffshoreincreasedbyfivepercentandtenpercentfrom2011to2012foroperatorsandnon-operators,respectively.
• OvereightypercentofthetotalnumberofworkerstravellingoffshoreareofBritishnationality.
• Femaleemployeesrepresented3.75percent(2,138)ofthetotaloffshorepopulationin2012,ofwhich753arecoreworkers.Thisisanincreaseofonly0.05percentfrom2011.
• Theaverageageoftheoffshoreworkforcewas41.1years.Thisissimilartotheaverageagerecordedoverthelastsevenyears;thelowestduringthattimewas40.4yearsin2009.
• 2012sawanincreaseinemployeestravellingoffshoreinallagebrackets.Therewasa13.7percentriseinthenumberofworkersundertheageof30.
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3. Introduction
This report presents up-to-date analysis of demographics data for the offshoreworkforce from2006 to2012.ThedataareextractedfromtheVantagePersonnelOnBoard(POB)system,whichisusedtotrackthemovementsofpersonneltoandfromoffshoreinstallations.Thedataarecollectedintwogroups–thetotalnumberstravellingoffshoreandthecoreworkforce(thoseworkingover100nightsperyearoffshore).
The report will consider the differences that arise between the core and total workforce and betweenoperatorandnon-operatorworkers,aswellasanalysingtheworkers’UKresidentiallocations,thenationalitiesrepresentedbytheworkforce,thefemaledemographicandtheageprofileoftheworkforceandhowthishaschanged.
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4. TotalWorkforce
At56,982,2012sawthehighest totalnumberofworkers travellingoffshoreon theUKContinentalShelf(UKCS)since2006,whendatawerefirstanalysed.Thisisanincreaseofnearlyninepercentfrom2011when52,300employeestravelledoffshore,whichisthemostsignificantyear-on-yearincrease,andnearlya14percentincreasefrom2006.
Figure 1: Total Number of Personnel who Travelled Off shore from 2006 to 2012
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Figure2belowillustratesthespreadofthetotalworkforcebetweenthoseworkingforoperatorsandthoseworkingfornon-operators(companieswhicharenotproductionoperators).In2006,therewerefiveandahalftimesmoreemployeesfornon-operatorsthanoperators.However,thishasfluctuatedbetweenthreetothreeandahalftimesmorefrom2007to2012.
Figure 2: Total Personnel Travelling Off shore for Operators and Non-Operators from 2006 to 2012
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Of the total offshore workforce in 2012, 17.7 per cent (10,086) travelled offshore for ten nights or less(seefigure3below).Thenon-coreworkforce(whoworkslessthan100nightsperyearoffshore)willhavepredominantlyonshorejobswiththerequirementtotraveloffshoreoccasionally.Itmustalsobenotedthattheremaybeanumberofnewstartstothecoreworkforce(whowork100-plusnightsperyear)whohavenotyetspentover100nightsoffshore.
Figure 3: The Number of Nights Spent Off shore by the Non-Core Workforce in 2012
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Lastyear’sreportplottedforthefirsttimethetotalnumberofworkerstravellingoffshoreagainsttheoilprice,whichshowedacorrelationbetweenthenumberofpersonnelandoilpricewithatimelagofoneyear.ThesamecorrelationcanbeseeninFigure4belowfor2012.Ifthistrendistocontinue,wewouldexpecttoseeaplateauinthenumberofpersonnelin2013.However,increasinglevelsofinvestmentandactivityontheUKCS2meantheindustrymayinfactseeafurtherincreaseinthenumberofpersonnelasneworrescheduledprojectsstart.Nextyear’sfiguresshouldthereforegiveanindicationastotheveracityofthecorrelationseensofar.
Figure 4: The Total Number of Personnel Travelling Offshore between 2006 and 2012, Plotted Alongside the Average Oil Price ($)
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Figure 5: The Number of Locati ons Visited Off shore by the Total Workforce in 2012
Figure 6: The Number of Operators Worked for by the Total Workforce in 2012
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ThelargestproportionofthetotaloffshoreworkforcetravelledtothecentralNorthSeain2012,whichisthemostdevelopedbasinontheUKCS.Thesecondlargestpopulationtravelledtomultiplesectors.
Figure 7: Geographic Distributi on of the Total Workforce on the UK Conti nental Shelf
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ThewestofShetlandhasseenthelargestincreaseof117percentintermsofthetotalnumberofworkerstravelling to thesector from2006 to2012.Therehasbeena116.5anda133.3percent increase in thenumberofmalesand females travelling to thesector, respectively.ThenorthernNorthSeahasseenthesecondlargestincreasefrom2006to2012;inparticular,therehasbeenalargeincreaseof53.6percentinthenumberoffemaleemployeestravellingtothissector.
Figure 8: Difference in the Geographic Distribution of the Total Workforce between 2006 and 2012
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NorthernNorthSea 6,255 181 7,673 278 22.7 53.6
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5. CoreWorkforce
The coreworkforce is defined as thoseworkers whowork offshore formore than 100 nights per year. Thiscaptureseitherthecommonoffshoreworkpatternsofequaltime(twoweekson,twoweeksoff/threeweekson,threeweeksoff)ortwoweekson,threeweeksoff.
In2012,thecoreworkforcewasatitshighestlevelinrecentyearswith25,760personnel,representingan 8.4percentincreasefrom2011,whentherewere23,758coreworkers,anda17.6percentincreasefrom2010,whentherewere21,896coreworkers.Thisriseinthenumberofcoreemployeesreflectstheinvestmentinnewdevelopmentsandimprovementstoexistingassetsandinfrastructure.
Figure 9: Number of Core Personnel Travelling Offshore from 2006 to 2012
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Thecoreworkforce,asin2011,continuestoaccountforapproximately45percentofthetotalworkforcewhotravelledoffshorein2012.
Figure 10: Total Versus Core Personnel who Travelled Off shore from 2006 to 2012
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Similartothetotalworkforce,halfofthecoreworkerstravelledoffshoretoasinglelocationwiththemajorityworkingforasingleoperatorin2012.
Figure 11: The Number of Locati ons Visited Off shore by the Core Workforce in 2012
Figure 12: The Number of Operators Worked for by the Core Workforce in 2012
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5.1 ComparativeTrendsoftheCoreWorkforceThechangeinthenumberofcoreworkershasbeenplottedalongsidearangeofdifferentmetricsinfigures13to17belowtoidentifyanynotablecorrelationsortrends.
Thenumberofcorepersonnel,likethetotalworkforce(seesection4),correlateswiththeoilpricewithalagofoneyear(seefigure13below).Thereddottedprojectionline(basedonhistoricaldata)forecastsanincreaseinthenumberofcorepersonneloverthenexttwoyears.Theactualfigurefor2012isalreadyslightlyhigherthanthelineofprojectionbut,ifthecorrelationbetweenthenumberofpersonnelandtheoilpriceholdstrue,wewouldexpecttoseenumbersplateaunextyear.
Figure 13: The Number of Core Personnel Travelling Offshore between 2006 and 2012, with Projected Figures to 2014, Plotted Alongside the Oil Price ($)
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Althoughproductionanddrillingactivitydeclined,thecoreworkforcetravellingoffshorehasincreasedfrom2010 to2012 (asdiscussedonpage14). Thedecline inoil andgasproductionyearonyear isbroadly inlinewiththetrendseensince2005.Howeversince2010,productionfellby30percentinjusttwoyears.Oil&GasUK’sActi vity Surveyattributesthistotheslowdownininvestmentwhichreachedalowpointin2008to2009,extendedplannedmaintenanceshutdownsandanumberofunplannedshutdowns.
Figure 14: The Relati onship between the Number of Core Workers and Producti on Figures from 2006 to 2012
Figure 15: The Relati onship between the Number of Core Workers and Drilling Acti vity from 2006 to 2012
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Figure 16: The Relati onship between the Number of Core Workers and Overall Expenditure from 2006 to 2012
Figure 17: The Relati onship between the Number of Core Workers and the Operati ng and Capital Expenditure Costs from 2006 to 2012
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6. ResidentialLocationsandNationalitiesoftheWorkforce
6.1 ResidentialLocationsThemapbelow (figure18) shows theUKhomeaddressesofpersonnelworkingoffshoreon theUKCS. Itillustratesthatthemajorityofoffshoreworkers,justoverhalf,liveinScotland.Twenty-fivepercentofthetotalworkforcelivesinthenortheastofScotland,withsignificantnumberslivingontheeastcoastandalongthecentralbelt.
Roughly30percentofthetotaloffshoreworkforcehasaregisteredpostcodeinEngland.Thekeyareasarethenortheast,northwestandEastAnglia.ThiscorrelateswiththepresenceofthefabricationindustryinandaroundNewcastle,aswellasoilandgasoperationsatMorecambeBayandareasclosetoHumberside,whichisaflightbasefortravellingtothesouthernNorthSea.
Figure 18: A Map Illustrating the UK Home Addresses of all Workers on the UK Continental Shelf
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6.2 WorkforceNationalitiesIn2012,47,192ofthepersonnelwhotravelledoffshorewereofBritishnationality,whichis82.8percentofthetotaloffshoreworkforceandanincreaseof8.8percentfrom2006when43,387employeeswereofBritishnationality.
Figure 19: The Number of Off shore Workers of Briti sh Nati onality from 2006 to 2012
ThebreakdownofnationalitiesrepresentedbytheUKCSworkforcehasalsobeenanalysed.Thebreadthofcountriesrepresented(showninlightgreeninthemapbelow)demonstratestheworkforce’sdiversityandtheindustry’ssignificantglobalreachforemployment.
Figure 20: A Map Showing the Nati onaliti es Working Off shore on the UK Conti nental Shelf. The Countries Shown in Light Green are Represented by Employees
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Thebreakdownofnon-Britishnationalitiesworkingoffshoreon theUKCS isprovided infigure21below. Incomparisonto2011,anumberofobservationscanbemade:
• Thegreatestnumberofnon-Britishemployeesin2012werestillNorwegian,followedbytheDutchandemployeesfromtheUSA.
• TheproportionofCanadians,French,Germans,Polish,IrishandLithuaniansworkingontheUKCSdeclinedin2012.
• The proportion ofMaltese employees declined, dropping out of the top ten non-British nationalitiesworkingontheUKCS.
• TheDanishemployeeswereanewentryinthetoptenin2012,accountingfor3.5percentoftheoffshorepopulationfromoutsidetheUK.
Figure 21: The Top Ten Non-British Nationalities Working on the UK Continental Shelf
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Norwegian 15% 1,473
Dutch 9.4% 918
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Canadian 2.3% 230
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7. FemaleWorkforce
Since2006, the industryhas seenan increaseof 18.7per cent in the total numberof females travellingoffshore.However,thisisjusta0.15percentincreaseintheproportionoffemaleemployeesrelativetothetotalworkforcepopulation.Thisconfirmsthattheindustryhasalongwaytogotoincreasegenderdiversity.In2012,2,138 females travelledoffshore, representing3.75percentof the totaloffshoreworkforceandanincreaseof0.05percentfrom2011.Ofthefemaleemployees,753werecoreworkersand763travelledoffshorefor10nightsorless.
Thedistributionoffemalesacrossthevariousagerangeshasremainedfairlyconstantsince2006,withthehighestnumberoffemalesfallingintothe24to29agebracketin2012(seefigure22below).Fromtheageof30thereisadeclineinthenumberoffemalestravellingoffshore.
Figure 22: Female Off shore Populati on Versus Male Populati on, 2012
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Figures23and24belowshowthat28percentofthetotalnumberoffemaleemployees(around600)workinthecateringdiscipline.Thenumberoffemalesincateringhasincreasedyearonyearwiththeexceptionof2010to2011.Otherkeydisciplinesinwhichfemalesworkoffshoreareasfollows:maintenance(219–10.2percent),health,safetyandenvironment(106–fivepercent)andmedical(89–fourpercent).
Itshouldbenotedthattherewere324females(15percent)with‘unknown’inthejobrolefieldonVantage.
Figure 23: A Comparison of the Total Number of Female Workers with those in Non-Catering Roles between 2006 and 2012
Figure 24: The Total Number of Female Workers and those in Non-Catering Roles between 2006 and 2012
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8. AgeAnalysis
Theaverageageofthetotaloffshoreworkforcewas41.1yearsin2012.Thishasremainedfairlyconstantsince2006,stayingintherangeof40to41years.
Figure25belowillustratesthat,astheworkforceincreases,thegreatestgrowthcanbeseeninyoungandmiddleagedpersonnelasopposedtothoseinolderagegroups.Thisdatashoulddispeltheperceptionthattheoffshoreworkforceisanageingworkforce.
Figure 25: The Age Profi le of the Off shore Workforce from 2010 to 2012
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Encouragingly,thefiguresrevealthatin2012thereweretwoandahalftimesmorepeopleintheagebracket23to28thanintheagebracketof60to65.
Figure 26: The Number of Workers Aged 23 to 28 Compared with those Aged 60 to 65 in 2012
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2012sawanincreaseinemployeesinallagebrackets.Thelargestrisecomparedwith2011isinthe30to34agerangeof15.7percent,andtherewasalsoa13.7percentriseinthenumberofworkersunder30.Thisisencouraging,althoughtheindustrystillneedstocontinuetoretainandattractmid-careerpersonnel(ages35to49).
Figure 27: The Change in the Number of Workers in Each Age Range Since 2011 (Total Workforce)
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Morebroadly,figures28and29compare theworkers’ age rangesbetween2006and2012.This revealsthat 2012 saw a reversal of the previous reduction in mid-career personnel. However these numbersremainconsiderablylowerthanthegrowthseeninallotheragebrackets,illustratingacontinualgapinthemid-careerworkforce.
Figure 28: The Change in the Numbers of Workers in Each Age Range for the Total Workforce between 2006 and 2012 and between 2006 and 2011
Figure 29: The Change in the Numbers of Core Workers in Each Age Range between 2006 and 2012
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Personnel working for operators display a more even distribution across the age ranges whereasnon-operatorshavemoreemployeesworking in theearly tomid-career range,with fewerworkers fromtheageof44yearsonwards.However,whenanalysingthe65+agegroup,thenon-operatorshaveahigherproportionofworkersinthisrangethantheoperators.
Figure 30: Age Profi le of Employees for Operators and Non-Operators in 2012
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9. SkillsActivityUpdate
Asthereportshows,thedropinpersonnelintheagerange35to49in2011hasreversedandthenumbersinthatagerangeincreasedin2012,thoughbysmallernumbersthanallotheragegroupsapartfromthoseunder23andover65.Thismid-careergapisreplicatedinanumberofonshoreroles,includingdesignengineering,subseaanddrillingengineering,andgeosciences.Thoughthisispartlyduetocutbacksimplementedwhentheoilpricehas fallen substantially in thepast, it is alsoverymucha consequenceofour successasanindustry.Theskills,expertiseandtechnologydevelopedontheUKCSarehighlysoughtafterbyotheroilandgasprovincesaroundtheworld;competitionforskillsistrulyglobal.
The shortage in skilled personnel is cited as one of the biggest challenges for theUK’s offshore oil andgasindustry.Duringthepastyear,Oil&GasUKhasbeenworkingwithindustrytoidentifywhere,andtowhatextent,collaborationcanhelpalleviatethisissue.Anumberofareasforactivityhavebeenidentified,including:
• EstablishingahighlevelindustryrelationshipwiththeMinistryofDefence(MoD)–18,000to20,000menandwomenwillleavethearmedforcesineachofthenextthreeyearsandmanyofthosewillhavetransferableskills.OPITOisworkingwiththeMoDtomapandidentifyskillsinindustryandmilitaryroles.
• Developing discipline work groups to explore the feasibility of transition training/accelerateddevelopment.
• Creatingsmartertrainingsolutions–forexample,throughpossibledevelopmentoffacilitiesthatcouldbeusedas anassessment/proving centre for skilledworkers fromother industries and to reduce theoffshoretrainingtimerequiredfortrainees.Afeasibilitystudyisunderwayforthisinitiative.
• LobbyingtheUKGovernmentonimmigrationpolicytofacilitaterecruitmentofskilledpersonnelfromnon-EU countries.
• Education–poolingresourcesandeffortundertheauspicesofOPITOsotheindustrycanreachmoreschools throughout theUK,moreoften, andwith a consistentmessageabout the importanceof andopportunitiesaffordedbystudyingSTEMsubjects(Science,Technology,EngineeringandMaths).
Thoughthesectorhasnodifficultiesinattractingnewtraineeentrantstotheindustry, it is importantforthelongtermtosustainapipelineofschoolleaversandgraduateswithSTEMqualifications,notjustforthe long-termsuccessoftheindustrybutforUKplc.
With record levelsof investmentandhigh levelsof activityon theUKCS, the challengeof increasing thesupplyofskilledpersonnelintheindustrywillnotberesolvedintheimmediatefuture.However,asoundunderstandingofourlabourmarketandfuturedemandsforskills–bothonandoffshore–areessentialtounderstandingthatchallengeanddevelopingadditionalsolutions.
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