Aker BP Reports Fatality on North Sea Drilling Rig
December 08 2017 - 4:35AM
Dow Jones News
By Dominic Chopping
The joint venture company formed by Norway's Aker ASA (AKER.OS)
and BP PLC (BP) said Friday that one person died and another
injured following an accident on a drilling rig.
The incident occurred Thursday during maintenance work onboard
the Maersk Interceptor drilling rig which is drilling on the Tambar
field in the North Sea.
The deceased--a Norwegian citizen working for Maersk
Drilling--fell into the sea during maintenance work on the rig and
was recovered by a standby vessel and transported by helicopter to
Haukeland University Hospital in Bergen, Aker BP said.
The other casualty is also an employee of Maersk Drilling, but
his condition is not critical and he is being treated at Stavanger
University Hospital.
How the incident occurred has not yet been clarified.
Production on Tambar has been shut down, it added.
Aker BP has a 55% stake in the field while Faroe Petroleum PLC
(FPM.LN) holds 45%.
Write to Dominic Chopping at dominic.chopping@wsj.com; Twitter:
@domchopping @WSJNordics
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
December 08, 2017 04:20 ET (09:20 GMT)
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