Update
January 4, 2016, from Seeking Alpha:
- ConocoPhillips says it has resumed production at its Eldfisk and Embla oil fields in the North Sea following a mass evacuation as a breakaway barge drifted toward the installations in heavy seas.
- The fields are part of the Ekofisk crude oil stream, which was scheduled to load ~258K bbl/day in January.
- BP said on Thursday after the barge had drifted passed its Valhall platform in the area that it had started normalizing operations.
Original Post
From Seeking Alpha:- the large unmanned barge that broke anchor last night in the North Sea is drifting further north, threatening an oil field of ConocoPhillips
- production from the Eldfish and Embla oil fields have now been shut down and 145 people have been evacuated, the company said in a statement
- BP evacuated Valhall field in North Sea earlier
- Evacuate! BP has ordered the departure of staff from a North Sea Valhall oilfield as a large unmanned barge broke anchor and drifted towards drilling platforms following a storm
- "The barge has changed direction and BP has decided to shut production...there are 71 people left on the platform and they are being evacuated as we speak," a BP spokesman told Reuters.
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