Emergency evacuation from oil rig
An oil worker was evacuated from a deep-sea rig to Shetland this afternoon (Wednesday) in a medical emergency.
Shetland coastguard said it received an evacuation request from the Noble Patriot , a little more than four miles south of Fetlar, at approximately 1:30pm.
One worker arrived back on the Shetland Mainland a little under two hours later.
The coastguard did not provide any further information about the worker’s condition.
The rig’s operator, London-based offshore drilling contractor Noble Corporation, said it does not comment on issues around the health of particular crew members.
Read more about controversial proposals to quadruple coastguard helicopter waiting times in this week’s edition of The Shetland Times, out Friday, 10th January.
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