North Sea Platform Down Manned As Lights Go Out

North Sea Platform Down Manned As Lights Go Out

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North Sea platform down manned as lights go out, after suffering a complete power failure, according to operators Talisman Sinopec Energy.

The UK registered production company, a joint venture between Spanish Repsol and China’s Sinopec, confined the news stating that the incident occurred onboard the Clyde platform.

North Sea Platform Down Manned

A Talisman Sinopec spokesman said: ”We initiated a precautionary downman of non-essential personnel from the Clyde platform following loss of power at approximately 3pm on Tuesday 16th February.”

Adding: “An investigation is underway and work is being carried out to re-establish power.”

Talisman confirmed that 103 offshore workers have been evacuated out of a total of 178. The remaining 75 workers are deemed essential personnel for the safety of the platform and will be required as part of the efforts to get power restarted.

Clyde Platform Safety

In January 2015 the UK HSE hit Talisman Sinopec with an improvement notice after finding more than 180 safety critical work orders outstanding on the installation.

At the time a spokesman for Talisman said: “The safe operation of all TSEUK sites is our number one priority.”

“The facility remains fully operational and the safety of all those on-board is not compromised by the matter identified by the HSE.”

Clyde Platform

The Clyde platform is located in the UK sector of the North Sea, approximately 175 miles (282km) offshore Aberdeen. Of steel jacket design, Clyde was fabricated and installed in 1986, with first oil produced in 1987.

The Clyde platform is powered by seven, 3.7 mega watt, fuel gas / diesel oil turbine generators.

Clyde is a joint venture between Talisman Sinopec (operator) 95% and First Oil 5%.