Written by Niamh Forrest – 02/11/2015
Oil major Shell has been handed an improvement notice by the HSE (Health and Safety Executive) after a gas leak earlier this year.
The company launched an investigation in January this year after a suspected gas leak near to the Curlew FPSO(Floating, Production, Storage and Offloading) vessel in the North Sea.
Shell has now been ordered to make improvements by the HSE following the incident.
The operator had planned to evacuate more than 50 members of staff at the time but bad weather had prevented the safety measure.
Last year, Shell decided it was necessary to connect the Station Keeping Assist Vessel (SKAV), the Pacific Dolphin, to the Curlew FPSO because of concerns about its mooring lines.