Shell Brent Bravo Scandal

Tragedy rig in new safety scare

Glasgow Evening Times: Tragedy rig in new safety scare

“A Shell spokesman said today the rig had been “downmanned” and that 86 workers had been flown to nearby Brent Charlie, Brent Delta and North Cormorant rigs.”

Tuesday 9 August 2005

A North Sea oil platform where two workers were killed was at the centre of another safety scare today after a leak was discovered in one of the rig’s legs.

More than 80 workers were airlifted from Shell’s Brent Bravo platform last night after the leak was found.

A number of employees have remained on the rig, which is in the process of shutting down so that the leak can be repaired.

A Shell spokesman said today the rig had been “downmanned” and that 86 workers had been flown to nearby Brent Charlie, Brent Delta and North Cormorant rigs. read more

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BBC News: Platform evacuated in leak alert

Aug 8th, 2005

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BBC News: Platform evacuated in leak alert

“Sixty staff remained on Shell’s Brent Bravo platform and work was under way to repair the leak.”: “Offshore union leaders have expressed concern as Shell was recently fined £900,000 for a breach of health and safety on Brent Bravo, following the death of two offshore workers.”: “A fatal accident inquiry into that incident has still to be held.”

Monday 8 August 2005

More than 80 North Sea workers have been evacuated from a production platform after a leak was discovered in a leg of the installation.

Sixty staff remained on Shell’s Brent Bravo platform and work was under way to repair the leak.

The alarm was raised on Sunday night when staff reported a release of oil from the platform’s utility leg.

A spokesman for Shell said 85 non-essential workers were flown to neighbouring installations.

A controlled shut down of production has been carried out in order to repair the leak. read more

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Daily Mirror: GROTESQUE: Union blasts Shell’s £372 a second profit

Jul 29th, 2005

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Daily Mirror (UK): GROTESQUE: Union blasts Shell’s £372 a second profit

“SHELL sparked outrage yesterday by revealing profits of £372 a second.”: “Union Amicus called the profit “grotesque” and accused Shell of putting cash before staff safety. The company was fined £900,000 in April for health and safety lapses over the deaths of two Scottish workers in 2003. Keith Moncrieff, 45, and Sean McCue, 22, were overcome by gas on the Brent Bravo platform.”

Friday 29 July 2005

SHELL sparked outrage yesterday by revealing profits of £372 a second.

The oil giant made £5.85 billion in the first half of the year – up 27 per cent on the same period in 2004.

The firm’s profit is just below the near £6billion – or £422 a second -reported this week by rival BP.

Union Amicus called the profit “grotesque” and accused Shell of putting cash before staff safety. The company was fined £900,000 in April for health and safety lapses over the deaths of two Scottish workers in 2003. Keith Moncrieff, 45, and Sean McCue, 22, were overcome by gas on the Brent Bravo platform. read more

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Glasgow Evening News: Inquiry into rig workers’ deaths

Jul 20th, 2005

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Glasgow Evening News: Inquiry into rig workers’ deaths

“After the tragedy, operators Shell revised safety procedures and maintenance issues, admitting there were shortcomings.”

Posted 20 July 2005

AN inquiry will be held into the deaths of two North Sea oil workers.

Lord Advocate Colin Boyd announced – after “personal consideration” – a Fatal Accident Inquiry will be held, reversing an earlier decision.

Sean McCue, 22, from Fife, and Keith Moncrieff, 45, from Invergowrie, near Dundee, were working on the Brent Bravo platform when they were overcome by a sudden release of gas in 2003. A doctor was flown in from a nearby rig but the men could not be saved. read more

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Grampian TV (Scotland): FAI to be held into oil platform deaths

Jul 20th, 2005

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Grampian TV (Scotland): FAI to be held into oil platform deaths

“Earlier this year Shell was fined a record nine hundred thousand pounds after admitting health and safety breaches. The Sheriff who heard the case said there had been a “substantial catalogue” of errors.”

Posted Wednesday 20 July 2005

The decision not to hold a fatal accident inquiry into the deaths of two men on a North Sea platform has been overturned by Scotland’s senior law officer. The Lord Advocate has given the go ahead for the probe into the deaths on Shell’s Brant Bravo in September two thousand and three.

In September 2003, 22 year old Sean McCue from Fife and 45 year old Keith Moncrieff from Invergowrie near Dundee died after being overcome by gas while working on one of the platform’s legs. Mr Moncrief was an experienced worker and had previously appeared in an offshore safety video. read more

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Daily Record (Scotland): OIL RIG DEATHS PROBE U-TURN

Jul 20th, 2005

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Daily Record (Scotland): OIL RIG DEATHS PROBE U-TURN

“In April, Shell were fined a record £900,000 after admitting blunders leading to the deaths of Mr Moncrieff, of Invergowrie, Dundee, and Mr McCue, of Kennoway, Fife.”

Posted Wednesday 20 July 2005

Union welcome FAI into tragedy

By Charlie Gall

UNION chiefs yesterday welcomed the go-ahead for a fatal accident inquiry into the deaths of two offshore workers.

Keith Moncrieff, 45, and Sean McCue, 22, were overcome by gas on Shell’s Brent Bravo platform in September 2003.

Earlier this year, the procurator fiscal in Aberdeen refused to order an FAI.

But yesterday, Scotland’s top law officer, Lord Advocate Colin Boyd QC, over-ruled the decision.

He explained he had concluded it was ‘in the wider public interest’ for an inquiry to be held. read more

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BBC NEWS: Law chief orders rig deaths probe

Jul 20th, 2005

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BBC NEWS: Law chief orders rig deaths probe

“ The Lord Advocate said it would be in the “wider public interest” for an inquiry into the deaths of Keith Moncrieff and Sean McCue. They were killed on Shell’s Brent Bravo platform in the North Sea in September 2003. Shell was later fined £900,000.”: “Shell admitted a series of health and safety breaches and was fined a record amount on a company following a North Sea accident.”

Posted Wednesday 20 July 2005

Scotland’s senior law officer has overturned a decision not to hold a fatal accident inquiry into the deaths of two men on an oil platform.

The Lord Advocate said it would be in the “wider public interest” for an inquiry into the deaths of Keith Moncrieff and Sean McCue.

They were killed on Shell’s Brent Bravo platform in the North Sea in September 2003. Shell was later fined £900,000.

The original decision not to hold an FAI was made by Crown counsel. read more

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The Scotsman: Families welcome inquiry into North Sea gas leak

Jul 20th, 2005

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The Scotsman: Families welcome inquiry into North Sea gas leak

“Mr Moncrieff, 45, a mechanical technician, and Mr McCue, 22, a trainee operations technician, died when they were engulfed in a gas escape inside the platform’s utility leg. Last April, at Stonehaven Sheriff Court, Shell was fined a record £900,000 for safety failings on the platform.”

Wednesday 20 July 2005

FRANK URQUHART

SCOTLAND’S Lord Advocate yesterday finally bowed to public pressure and ordered a fatal accident inquiry into the deaths of two workers in a massive gas escape on a North Sea platform two years ago.

News that Colin Boyd QC had overturned a decision against holding a public inquiry was welcomed last night by offshore union leaders and relatives of the men who died.

Keith Moncrieff, of Invergowrie, near Dundee, and Sean McCue of Kennoway, Fife, were killed on Shell’s Brent Bravo platform in September 2003. read more

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The Herald (Scotland): U-turn on Brent oil deaths inquiry

Jul 20th, 2005

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The Herald (Scotland): U-turn on Brent oil deaths inquiry

“Keith Moncrieff and Sean McCue died when they were exposed to hydrocarbon gases on the Brent Bravo platform on September 11, 2003. At Stonehaven Sheriff Court in March, Shell, the oil company, admitted three safety breaches which led to their deaths.”

Posted Wednesday 20 July 2005

GRAEME SMITH

Scotland’s senior law officer has overturned a decision not to hold a fatal accident inquiry into the deaths of two men on an oil platform.

Keith Moncrieff and Sean McCue died when they were exposed to hydrocarbon gases on the Brent Bravo platform on September 11, 2003.

At Stonehaven Sheriff Court in March, Shell, the oil company, admitted three safety breaches which led to their deaths.

Sheriff Patrick Davies said the firm was responsible for a “substantial catalogue of errors” which led to the tragedy and imposed a record £900,000 fine. Last month, the procurator-fiscal announced there would be no fatal accident inquiry into the deaths, infuriating offshore unions. read more

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Royal Dutch Shell News Thursday, 31 March 2005

Mar 31st, 2005

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Royal Dutch Shell News Thursday, 31 March 2005

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THE SCOTSMAN: Inquiry call as Shell admits safety breach in which two died: “Shell admitted the amended charges at Stonehaven Sheriff Court yesterday.”: “A spokesman said the firm had pleaded guilty to three amended charges under the Health and Safety at Work Act in relation to the incident. He said the company could not give out any further details as legal proceedings were ongoing.” (ShellNews.net) 31 March 05 read more

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Shell’s Dunlin Alpha Oil Platform Reducing Gas Build-Up

Sep 2nd, 2004

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THE WALL STREET JOURNAL: Shell’s Dunlin Alpha Oil Platform Reducing Gas Build-Up

“Shell experienced problems with gas build-up in the utility leg of another one of its platforms, Brent Bravo, last year. Two men were killed in that incident.”

DOW JONES NEWSWIRES

September 1, 2004 10:20 a.m.

Posted 2 Sept 04

LONDON — Workers at Royal Dutch/Shell’s (RD) Dunlin Alpha oil platform in the U.K. North Sea have removed about 75% of the gas build-up in one of the platform legs, a spokeswoman for Shell said Wednesday.

The platform was shut down Aug. 15 after a gas build-up was detected in the platform’s B-leg.

“The platform is stable – there are 25 people on board at the moment working on removing the gas,” she said. read more

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Shell’s Brent Delta North Sea Oil, Gas Platform Restarted Sat

May 10th, 2004

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Wall Street Journal: Shell’s Brent Delta North Sea Oil, Gas Platform Restarted Sat

DOW JONES NEWSWIRES

May 10, 2004 8:50 a.m.

LONDON — Royal Dutch/Shell Group (RD) Monday said its Brent Delta oil and natural gas platform in North Sea restarted Saturday evening after being brought offline a week earlier because of a small hydrocarbon leak.

The platform, which produces an average of 5,000 barrels of oil and 100 million cubic feet of gas a day, is back to the same rate of production as before the incident, a spokesman in London said.

The leak on April 30 prompted Shell to evacuate 64 non-essential personnel from the platform, though they had all returned by the following day.
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Shell Brent Bravo Scandal

Glasgow Evening Times: Tragedy rig in new safety scare

“A Shell spokesman said today the rig had been “downmanned” and that 86 workers had been flown to nearby Brent Charlie, Brent Delta and North Cormorant rigs.”

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Daily Mirror (UK): GROTESQUE: Union blasts Shell’s £372 a second profit

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Glasgow Evening News: Inquiry into rig workers’ deaths

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Grampian TV (Scotland): FAI to be held into oil platform deaths

“Earlier this year Shell was fined a record nine hundred thousand pounds after admitting health and safety breaches. The Sheriff who heard the case said there had been a “substantial catalogue” of errors.”

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Daily Record (Scotland): OIL RIG DEATHS PROBE U-TURN

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The Scotsman: Families welcome inquiry into North Sea gas leak

“Mr Moncrieff, 45, a mechanical technician, and Mr McCue, 22, a trainee operations technician, died when they were engulfed in a gas escape inside the platform’s utility leg. Last April, at Stonehaven Sheriff Court, Shell was fined a record £900,000 for safety failings on the platform.”

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The Herald (Scotland): U-turn on Brent oil deaths inquiry

“Keith Moncrieff and Sean McCue died when they were exposed to hydrocarbon gases on the Brent Bravo platform on September 11, 2003. At Stonehaven Sheriff Court in March, Shell, the oil company, admitted three safety breaches which led to their deaths.”

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THE WALL STREET JOURNAL: Shell’s Dunlin Alpha Oil Platform Reducing Gas Build-Up

“Shell experienced problems with gas build-up in the utility leg of another one of its platforms, Brent Bravo, last year. Two men were killed in that incident.”

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