Coastguard medevac man from oil platform
A 37-year-old man had to be medevaced from a US oil platform on Monday after reporting difficulty breathing.
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Lack of drive to mark Aberdeen’s ‘rich heritage’ makes oil rig tourist attraction unlikely
Hopes that Aberdeen could soon be home to an oil rig tourist attraction are unlikely to come to being in the near term, a local campaigner has claimed.
Smoke from decommissioned Ninian Northern oil platform ‘not hazardous’
Waste specialist Veolia has dismissed any suggestion that the smoke seen billowing from the decommissioned Ninian Northern platform in Shetland could have been toxic.
Aberdeen should use decommissioned oil platform as ‘first class tourist attraction’
Aberdeen should use a giant decommissioned oil platform as a "first class tourist attraction", according to a long-standing city campaigner.
Statoil announce first land-operated oil platform
Oil and gas giant, Statoil, today unveiled their remote-controlled oil rig with the opening of the Valemon control room in Bergen.
BP told to review risk in Norway
Oil giant BP has been ordered to review the way it handles risk in Norway after a leak at a North Sea platform which a safety watchdog said could have caused a serious accident.
Second leak shuts down oil platform
Workers have been evacuated from a North Sea oil platform after a second oil leak was discovered.
Second leak shuts down oil platform
Workers have been evacuated from a North Sea oil platform after a second oil leak was discovered.
Blast tears through US oil platform
An explosion and fire ripped through a Gulf of Mexico oil platform in the US yesterday as workers used a cutting torch, sending four people to a hospital with burns and leaving two missing in the sea.
Flare still burning and ‘safer to leave that way’
The flare on the oil platform is still burning, it was confirmed last night.
Another incident on BP North Sea oil platform
BP SAID yesterday it was forced to deal with another incident on the same North Sea oil platform that was shut down by a fire in July.