7 d. ago Oil rig horror game Still Wakes the Deep returns to North Sea with new 80s set DLC

Still Wakes the Deep: Siren’s Rest is set to emerge from the depths on Wednesday, June 18.

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1 week ago ‘A momentous day’: families of Britons killed in 1980 oil rig disaster finally win compensation

Norway will set up state payment scheme for families of 123 men killed in Kielland disaster, but some feel it comes too late“I think we all feel like we’ve had a bit of a weight lifted off our shoulders,” said Laura Fleming after an important milestone in one of Europe’s longest-running industrial disaster sagas. “It is just 45 years too late.”Fleming’s father, Michael, was one of 123 men who were killed when the Alexander L Kielland accommodation rig capsized during a fierce storm in the Norwegian North Sea oilfields on 27 March 1980. Continue reading...

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1 week ago People left terrified after discovering what toilets look like on oil rigs

Living and working on an oil rig is hard, dangerous work that keeps you away from home for weeks - and sometimes months - at a time, but it's the toilet situation that has people reeling in terror.

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2 w. ago Norway to set up compensation scheme for 1980 oil rig disaster victims’ families

Parliament backs scheme for relatives of 123 men who died in worst disaster in Norway’s waters since second world warForty-five years after the Alexander L Kielland oil rig capsized in the North Sea, Norway’s parliament has voted to set up a compensation scheme for relatives of the 123 men who died in the worst disaster in Norwegian waters since the second world war.“This is a historic day, the end of more than four decades of fighting for justice,” said Mímir Kristjánsson, an MP from the leftwing Red party. The chair of the victims’ committee, Anders Helliksen, said the state had “finally accepted its responsibility”. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Police scour garden after body is found in hunt for missing Polish factory worker Izabela Zablocka

A major operation is taking place within an address on Princes Street in Normanton following the harrowing discovery last night as part of an investigation into the case of Izabela Zablocka.

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2 w. ago Divers' explode into 'million pieces' as organs 'come out of body' in horror deaths

WARNING, GRAPHIC CONTENT: Four men were killed instantly and a fifth suffered life-changing injuries in a horrific freak accident on an oil rig in the North Sea

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2 w. ago Divers' harrowing deaths as organs forced out of their bodies as they explode

A horror incident saw a number of oil rig workers killed in a pressurised chamber with an explosion of air causing some men to be crushed and others to be sucked through a small hole

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3 w. ago British army veteran, 73, who spent three months fighting for his life after heart attack in Ethiopian desert is landed with £20,000 NHS bill

Steve Foreman, 73, was living and working on an oil rig in Ogaden, Ethiopia when he collapsed and had to be airlifted to the nearest hospital in Nairobi, Kenya.

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3 w. ago Currys worker’s fury over missing office mug ‘out of proportion’, judge rules

Aggrieved employee’s ‘confrontational’ response over his missing cup likely caused resentment among his colleagues, tribunal finds

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3 w. ago Implying your office colleagues have stolen your work mug when it goes missing will probably come across as 'out of proportion', tribunal rules as worker loses race discrimination case

Adeel Habib began working as a credit support associate for the electrical giant at their office in Poole, Dorset in January 2023, but he only stayed at the company for under four months.

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3 w. ago Helicopter blade just missed oil rig worker after it broke during high winds, air accident investigation finds

The Airbus H175 helicopter had just ferried six passengers to the Elgin Oil Platform, about 135 nautical miles east of Aberdeen.

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4 w. ago Helicopter blade 'narrowly missed' Scots oil rig worker after it broke in high winds

"It narrowly missed the single deck crew member positioned at the rear of the helicopter, who was trying to attach the final strap to the helicopter."

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4 w. ago Broken helicopter blade ‘narrowly missed’ worker on oil rig, report finds

The incident occurred on the Elgin Oil Platform in the North Sea in February 2023 during Storm Otto.

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