A moments silence was held by staff across Statoil’s operations in the wake of the North Sea helicopter crash which killed 13 people.
The company’s chief executive Eldar Saetre was joined by other officials including executive vice president Arne Sige Nylund on a visit to the Gullfaks B platform.
The flight, which had 11 passengers and two crew on board, had been making a return journey from the platform when it crashed closed to Flesland Airport near Bergen.
Production from the North Sea platform resumed on Sunday after it was shut down following the helicopter crash at the request of staff.
Satre said there had been a “tremendously strong community” amongst those working in the industry.
He said safety remained the company’s “biggest priority” and it would be important to determine the cause of incident.
UPDATE: Names of all 13 on board fatal helicopter crash revealed.
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