Statoil fined for Gullfaks safety incident
Statoil has accepted a fine exceeding $5 million from the public prosecutor for Rogaland county in Norway.
Jun 3rd, 2013
Offshore staff
STAVANGER, Norway -- Statoil has accepted a fine exceeding $5 million from the public prosecutor for Rogaland county in Norway.
This follows investigations of awell control incident on the Statoil-operated Gullfaks C platform in the North Sea 2010.
Statoil adds that it has conducted an extensiveinternal improvement program to ensure that staff takes on board lessons learned from the incident.
6/3/2013
