After THE OIL MACHINE: Jake Molloy
Channel: Sonja Henrici Creates
Date: 2022-11-23

The issues raised in the film THE OIL MACHINE have become even more urgent with recent upheavals in energy security, the cost of living, and our climate. At the same time, the UK government is rushing to offer 100 new licences for North Sea oil and gas exploration. One year on from the COP26 climate conference in Glasgow and coinciding with COP27, we’re now going back to the film’s contributors to ask them how recent global events have shaped the ongoing debate about oil.

Here's our catch-up with Jake Molloy, regional organiser for the RMT Union in Aberdeen. Jake brought the oil workers' perspective to THE OIL MACHINE. Given the recent record profits by oil and gas companies, he asks why workers should still be living with the severe cuts that were forced onto them during the oil price slump in 2014. He also points to obstacles to a Just Transition: Why would workers need to re-do their entire offshore health and safety training when working on offshore wind rather than an oil rig? And pay for the training out of their own pocket?

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