Oil workers have been evacuated from a North Sea rig after a power outage.
Operator Marathon Oil said all non-essential personnel on the Brae Alpha and Bravo rigs were transferred yesterday.
The field is located 155 miles north-east of Aberdeen.
A spokeswoman for the firm said: “Marathon Oil can confirm that it undertook a precautionary transfer of non-essential personnel onshore following a power outage yesterday morning in the Brae field.
“All 245 workers are safe and every effort is being made to resolve the situation as soon as possible.”
The Brae complex is made up of the Brae Alpha platform, as well as the Central Brae North, East and West Brae fields.
Earlier this year it was revealed that workers at Marathon Oil were considering industrial action after bosses cut their satellite television and daily newspaper subscriptions.
Staff claim to have suffered an unacceptable fall in recreational and living standards as a result of the cuts, which they claim came without any consultation.
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