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Scottish oil workers stuck in quarantine hotels for 20 days as they travel to foreign rigs
Despite being classed as essential workers and travelling in covid-secure bubbles oil companies claim their staff are facing days of unnecessary quarantine in London hotels on their return.
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The oil industry is being hit by quarantine restrictions
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The Stena Carron Drillship Picture: Stena Drilling PRESSURE is growing on ministers to exempt oil and gas workers from controversial quarantine hotel requirements amid fears that these could cost hundreds of jobs in the industry. More than 11,000 signatures have been collected on an online petition to the Westminster Parliament which says the offshore oil and gas industry should be exempted from the quarantine rules. It has been open since Thursday. The Government must respond to petitions that gather more than 10,000 signatures. The petition was initiated by oil services heavyweight Stena Drilling, which warned this week that the requirement for its workers returning from overseas to stay in quarantine hotels could take a heavy toll on the morale of the workers affected.