Overview
- More than 160 Apache offshore workers voted to back strike action in a pay dispute that would cover seven assets tied to the Forties and Beryl fields.
- Unite warned that any disruption to Apache platforms could reduce pressure in the Forties pipeline and potentially affect fuel availability for UK consumers.
- Apache says it has offered a four percent pay rise, calls the offer fair and says it has contingency plans to keep Forties Charlie staffed to support third‑party production.
- A Department for Energy Security and Net Zero spokesperson said the Forties system is a crude export pipeline and urged both sides to resolve the dispute without disruption.
- Rising global supply shocks have pushed UK diesel near £2 a litre, which could make any domestic output hit more likely to raise prices at the pump and squeeze household budgets.