The offshore oil and gas industry will today be given a stark warning that its safety performance is not good enough.
A report is expected to reveal that engineering and maintenance is not being given enough attention and not only is there a wide variation between companies but also within companies.
After a three-year investigation of nearly 100 installations the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) will tell operators that while significant improvements have been made "more must be done".
The direct "must do better" message to the industry will be made at the launch of the KP3 report - a major investigation carried out by the HSE's Aberdeen-based Offshore Division into the safety and integrity of offshore installations and the equipment on them.

Rick Cohagan, Managing Director of Chevron Upstream Europe, has been appointed new co-chair of Step Change in Safety . He will work with the Step Change leadership team and co-chair Doug Halkett on improving the oil and gas industrys safety record, with the aim of making the UK the safest place to work in the world-wide oil and gas industry.