A Faroe Islands flagged PSV pounded right into Equinor’s Statfjord A system in the North Sea earlier today throughout packing procedures.
According to Equinor, the case happened at 1.55 a.m. regional time today and also included the supply vessel Sjoborg
The Statfjord A system is presently in a scheduled manufacturing quit, and also there was no manufacturing on the system when the case happened.
There were 276 individuals aboard Statfjord A when the case happened. There are were no injuries aboard the system. However, damages to the lifeboat terminal and also the requirement to clarify its degree implied that employees needed to be relocated from Statfjord A to neighboring installments.
Two searches and also rescue helicopters (SAR) and also a helicopter from the rescue control facility flew employees from Statfjord A to Statfjord B and also C, and also Gullfaks A.
The overall degree of damages on the system is currently being checked out.
The location standby vessel Stril Herkules went to the area and also is aiding in the job to make clear the degree of the damages.
Equinor reported the Sjoborg as getting on its method to coast under its very own power with12 individuals aboard.
According to the Equasis day base, the PSV is had by Faroe Islands basedSkansi Offshore Delivered by Havyard’s Leirvik, Norway, shipyard in 2012 it has actually ultimately been retrofitted with a battery pack and also coast power billing tools as a problem of getting its Equinor agreement.