Production on Brent Delta will be shut down into next week
Production will be shut down on a North Sea platform into next week, following a power failure.
Shell’s Brent Charlie installation was partially down-manned on Thursday following the outage.
Following the power cut, 29 crew members were taken off the platform by helicopter – 10 were moved to other Brent platforms, while 19 were taken back to Aberdeen and stood down.
Main power has since been restored to the site, which is 166 miles north-east of Lerwick, Shetland.
The fuel giant has confirmed production will start in the next few days, after a series of maintenance tasks are carried out.
A spokesman said: “Shell UK Limited can confirm that due to a main power generator outage during the morning of November 26, we carried out a precautionary downman of 29 non-essential personnel from the Brent Charlie platform.
“Main power has now been restored to the platform through one generator and work continues to bring a secondary generator back in to service.”
The platform will be fully-staffed again at the next shift change.
North Sea oil platform shut down into next week after power cut
