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What 50 Men Faced Trapped Under an Upside-Down Oil Rig in Total Darkness

They heard a loud bang echo through the platform, then another, and then the entire structure trembled. Within seconds, a cracked weld tore loose, ripping a pontoon free and sending the 10,000-ton rig ...
Offshore Engineer

Ithaca Extends Stay of Prosafe’s Accommodation Rig in North Sea

Oil and gas firm Ithaca Energy has extended the stay of Prosafe’s Safe Caledonia accommodation rig at the Captain field in ...
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Corals growing on North Sea oil rigs rehomed on artificial reef

Deep sea corals that colonised oil and gas platforms in the North Sea have been moved to a new home on an artificial reef. They have been growing on the legs of subsea structures for decades but are ...
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Major oil industry accidents

A chronology of some of the major oil industry accidents in the last 20 years: March 1980: Alexander Keilland oil rig in Ekofisk field of North Sea broke up with fatigue fracture and capsized, killing ...
The Conversation

Thousands of flies keep landing on North Sea oil rigs then taking off a few hours later – here’s why

Toby Doyle is affiliated with The University of Exeter. Eva Jimenez-Guri is affiliated with The University of Exeter. On a North Sea oil rig several years ago, an engineer noticed a strange phenomenon ...