HOUSTON, Dec 18 (Reuters)– Three overseas oil employees submitted a legal action versus systems of Royal Dutch Shell as well as Enbridge, looking for $1 million in problems for injuries they supposedly got throughout aNov 8 fire on a UNITED STATE Gulf of Mexico manufacturing system.

The match, submitted in Galveston County court in Texas onDec 5, declares security gaps on Shell’s Enchilada system created extreme injuries to the 3. The issue looks for greater than $1 million in problems from Shell International Exploration as well as Production, Shell Offshore, as well as Garden Banks Gas Pipeline Co, a system of Enbridge, which possesses a gas pipe linked to the system.

A Shell representative decreased to comment, pointing out the suit as well as a continuous examination right into the fire by regulatory authority the united state Bureau of Safety as well asEnvironmental Enforcement Enbridge did not quickly respond to ask for remark.

The Enchilada system ignited as well as 46 team participants were left to a neighboring system. The center, regarding 112 maritime miles southern of Vermilion Bay, Louisiana, has actually been closed given that the fire. No day for returning to procedures has actually been established, Shell claimed on Monday.

The fire stopped procedures at various other oil systems, consisting of Shell’s Auger as well as Salsa.

The stop in system procedures additionally influenced oil manufacturer Hess Corp, which has actually been required to suppress manufacturing at 3 close-by areas till the system as well as pipe is rebooted, the firms have actually claimed. (Reporting by Gary McWilliams, Editing by Rosalba O’Brien)

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