Norway authorities allow Shell-operated platform resume production

Oslo - Norwegian authorities Monday gave a Shell-operated oil platform permission to resume production after it was ordered to shut down last week over concerns with faulty lifeboats. The state Petroleum Safety Authority said Shell had introduced various measures over the weekend and conducted drills deemed sufficient to assure a swift evacuation of staff in the event of fire or an explosion. The Draugen platform produces some 80,000 barrels of oil per day. The state agency, however, said it had not revised its order to keep the Snorre A platform operated by Norwegian energy giant Statoil offline. Snorre A and the remotely-operated Vigdis platform produces about 200,000 barrels per day of oil. The combined production of the Shell-operated Draugen and Snorre A facilities equals some 10 per cent of Norway's daily production. The Petroleum Safety Authority was alerted about the possible lifeboat faults by the Norwegian Oil Industry Association (OLF) which suggested structural faults meaning that the lifeboats could not be dropped by free fall from the platforms. © 2006 dpa - Deutsche Presse-Agentur

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