Oilmen battle bulge to ease strain on copters
OVERWEIGHT oil workers at two of the North Sea’s biggest firms are being asked to go on a diet – because they are taking up too much space on helicopters.
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Sheer luck prevented a Macondo-style disaster on platform
Only luck saved Statoil from a major disaster in the North Sea just one month after the Deepwater Horizon blow-out and sinking in the US Gulf of Mexico.