Aker Solutions has confirmed the tragic news that an oil worker killed when a freak wave hit the COSL Innovator drilling rig worked the Norwegian oil services firm.
The deceased worker for Aker Solutions subsea business in Ågotnes, Norway. The company had an additional six employees on board the rig who have been safely evacuated to land.
“This is a deeply tragic accident and our thoughts are with the family and the people who were closest to the deceased,” said Per Harald Kongelf, head of Aker Solutions in Norway. “We are now focused on following up on those affected.”
The company has mobilised its emergency response team and has people at an emergency response center at Kokstad which Statoil has established for those being evacuated from the rig.
The tragedy happened when a huge storm surge hit the COSL Innovator, which was operating on the Troll field on behalf of Statoil, approximately 40 miles west of Bergen yesterday at about 5pm.
Chief executive Jorgen Arnesen, of Norwegian firm COSL, said: “We know that the Innovator was hit by a freak wave and that it smashed some of the windows in the accommodation module and water came through into the module.”
The wave has also reportedly damaged the rig’s accommodation module but the extent of the damage is not yet known.
Sea King helicopter from the Norwegian Joint Rescue Coordination Centre and one of Statoil’s own SAR helicopters flew the injured workers to shore.
Two phone numbers for next of kin have been established in connection with the incident. For COSL: +47 800 30 499. For Statoil: +47 800 500 20.
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