Workers Evacuated from North Sea Oil Platform After Ship Collision

Fifteen staff have been evacuated from a North Sea oil platform after a provide vessel collided with the ability Monday morning.

The incident occurred at Apache Corporation’s Forties Echo wellhead platform, situated roughly 110 kilometers east-northeast of Aberdeen, Scotland on the UK Continental Shelf.

According to experiences, the availability vessel Sea Falcon was offloading provides onto the platform when the collision occurred. The 15 folks had been airlifted from the platform as a precaution, reports say.

The platform has been shut down and there was no leak of hydrocarbons, based on a press release from Apache obtained by the BBC.

No accidents had been reported.

The Forties Echo platform is one in all 5 manned fastened metal models on the Forties area. Water depth on the area ranges from between 95 and 128 meters.