Posted by
alfredlester on Sunday, April 10, 2011 2:30:35 PM
OSLO, Norway - Rescuers Say More Than 60 People Have Been Evacuated year from oil platform off Norway&&9;s west coast after operator Statoil Received reports of a gas leak.
Statoil Said in a statement Saturday it icts Emergency Response Teams Mobilized After Being Informed about a leak At The Visund platform at 8:18 am (0618GMT).
Siv Namork of Norway&&9;s Joint Rescue Coordination Center Told The Associated Press That 63 people HAD Been Evacuated by helicopter and about 60 more Remained On The Platform to Control the situation quick payday loan.
She Said Statoil Had the situation under control. Company Officials didn&&9;t Immediately return calls seeking "how.
The platform is in. Visund year oil and gas field about 90 miles (150 kilometers) northwest of The Coastal city of Bergen.
63 Evacuated from Norway oil rig after gas leak
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