DOZENS of North sea workers have been evacuated from BP’s ETAP installation following a “power generation issue”.
A total of 63 non-essential workers were taken off the platform, which is 100 miles east of Aberdeen, as a precaution after the alarm was raised late yesterday evening.
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Production has been temporarily shut down with an investigation underway into the cause of the issue.
BP confirmed no one has been hurt in the incident with 71 core crew remaining on board.
A spokesman said: ““Following an issue with the power generation system on the ETAP platform, BP can confirm that – as a precautionary measure – we have removed non-essential personnel.
“Of the 134 people on board, 63 were flown to Aberdeen on Tuesday evening.
“The safety and wellbeing of our teams offshore is of the utmost priority.
“Production from the platform, located about 100 miles east of Aberdeen, has been temporarily suspended. We are working to resolve the power generation issue.”
ETAP, the East Trough Area Project, is comprised of several offshore fields being processed through a central hub.
Since starting up in 1998, the fields which are BP-operated at ETAP have produced more than 550million barrels of oil equivalent.
