BY THE MARITIME EXECUTIVE 2019-07-01 13:40:43
On Sunday morning, two workers on Royal Dutch Shell’s Auger platform in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico were killed during a routine lifeboat launch and retrieval exercise. Another was injured and evacuated to a hospital for treatment.
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One of the deceased was a Shell employee, and the other worked for Danos, an oilfield services firm. The injured individual worked for Shell.
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Auger was the first tension leg platform installed in the Gulf of Mexico. In 1994, it was towed out and anchored in 2,700 feet of water, a pioneering achievement for deepwater oil and gas production.
Source: maritime-executive.com
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