Offshore workers evacuated after fire on rig in Norwegian Sea
Offshore workers have been evacuated after a fire broke out in the engine room of rig Scarabeo 5, in the Norwegian sea.
Offshore workers have been evacuated after a fire broke out in the engine room of rig Scarabeo 5, in the Norwegian sea.
The alarm was raised at 5.30pm on Tuesday 22nd November – and by 8.30pm the blaze was put out.
There were 106 people on board when it happened - all of them have been accounted for and none are missing. One person will be sent ashore for a medical check.
33 persons were transported from the rig by helicopter with 14 flown to a nearby installation and 19 to shore in Kristiansund.
73 persons remained on board and there are no plans currently to move more people from the rig. Work is under way to achieve normalization.
Scarabeo 5 is currently located at the Njord-field in the Norwegian Sea, and operators Statoil are reassuring us no drilling operations were underway when the incident occurred, and there are no other installations in the area – so there’s no risk of fire spreading.
The rig is equipped with two engine rooms and a total of eight engines.
The standby vessels Ocean Response and Troms Sirius assisted the drilling rig. Three helicopters were in operation in connection with the incident.
Statoil’s second and third-line response organization has been mobilized to assist with the incident.