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Exercise to test response to offshore energy threat involving vessels and drones
Around 70 industry personnel will test responses to vessel, drone and cyber threats in a desktop drill, officials said.
- The offshore energy industry will hold "Exercise Granite Resolve" in Aberdeen this week, with around 70 personnel from Police Scotland and the Department for Energy Security testing responses to simulated threats including suspicious vessels, drones, and cyberattacks.
- Following reports of Russian submarines loitering near critical undersea infrastructure in the High North, The Defence Secretary warned Russia that any attempt to damage infrastructure would have "serious consequences."
- Participants will respond to vessel and drone activity "both subsea and airborne," with signals initially originating from Norway and Denmark, while activists board Unmanned installations generating a "cybersecurity threat."
- Mark Wilson, OEUK energy operations director, said the industry has long had "robust" arrangements and will test these structures at multiple levels, including offshore emergency response and crisis management teams.
- The industry conference takes place in Aberdeen on Wednesday, where Wilson stated that if staff observe anything unusual, they have reporting mechanisms in place to alert relevant government agencies.
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The offshore energy industry is set to stage a major security exercise this week to test how it would respond to a coordinated threat involving suspicious vessels, drones and cyber attacks targeting North Sea infrastructure. The desktop drill, codenamed Granite Resolve, will run ahead of Offshore Energy UK’s (OEUK) Security and Resilience conference in Aberdeen on Wednesday, bringing together industry figures, defence specialists and Police Scot…
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