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<p>In March 2021 Offshore Energy UK (OEUK) arranged a workshop involving representatives
from North Sea operators, Suppliers, the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) and the
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) to discuss the increasing
trend of maintenance backlogs within the offshore sector. This became the Maintenance
Backlog Working Group (MBWG). The terms of reference are given in Appendix B of OEUK’s
published guidance “<a href="https://oeuk.org.uk/product/maintenance-backlog-measurement-interpretation-and-management-guideline-issue-01-march-2022/"
target="_blank">OEUK’s Maintenance Backlog Measurement, Interpretation and Management
Guideline</a>”. During the coronavirus pandemic it was determined that the MBWG should
be the principal asset integrity focus, and it is now part of the Asset Integrity
Task Group (AITG).</p><p> </p><p>The AITG has met twice in 2022 with another meeting
planned for 30 November 2022.</p><p> </p><p>Duty holders represented on the AITG are
BP, Petrofac, CNOOC, Repsol Sinopec, EnQuest, Serica, Equinor, SRCN Solutions Ltd,
Harbour Energy, Shell, Ithaca, Spirit Energy, Neptune Energy, TAQA, ODE Asset Management,
TotalEnergies, Perenco and Wood.</p>
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