Two hospitalized following North Sea Heimdal explosion
Dec. 2, 2019
One of the employees injured last week during an accident on the Heimdal platform in the Norwegian North Sea remains in a serious condition, according to operator Equinor.
(Photo: Equinor/IKM)
The Heimdal platform in the Norwegian North Sea.
Offshore staff
STAVANGER, Norway – One of the employees injured last week during an accident on the Heimdal platform in the Norwegian North Sea remains in a serious condition, according to operator Equinor.
Arne Sigve Nylund, executive vice president for Development and Production Norway at Equinor, said a controlled production shutdown had been implemented on the platform, and that an internal investigation was under way.
The two injured employees, a man (22) and a woman (19), have since been transported to Haukeland University Hospital and Stavanger University Hospital.
The incident followed an explosion of a portable nitrogen gas container on the platform and was reported to Equinor’s emergency response center at 18.06 last Thursday. At the time 70 people were on board the platform.
A team from Petroleum Safety Authority Norway and the Norwegian police have since traveled to the platform to begin their investigations.
