Local Business Man charged after gun used to relight flare on North Sea rig By Allister Thomas January 31 2018, 8:26 am January 31 2018, 8:26 am Share Man charged after gun used to relight flare on North Sea rig Share via Facebook Twitter Whatsapp Messenger Linkedin Email Post link https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/business/local/1404334/man-charged-gun-used-relight-flare-north-sea-rig/ Copy Link Total's Elgin PUQ platform, pictured right, alongside a Rowan rig. A 50-year-old man has been charged with alleged firearms licensing offences after a gun was used to relight the gas flare on a North Sea platform. The incident on Total’s Elgin platform took place on Boxing Day. A modified shotgun was used due to a glitch with the flare’s automated ignition system. Concerns were raised about whether the person who fired the gun had a firearms license. Read more on Energy Voice here.
