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Pete Bevington
30 October 2008
A SENIOR oil industry executive warned that some oil platforms in
the North Sea are "falling apart" and there was a risk of serious
accidents.
Ayman Asfari, chief executive of Petrofac, which owns North Sea
fields and operates some fields on behalf of other companies, said
he had seen several oil rigs which were in bad need of repair.
Speaking at the Oil and Money Conference, in London, he said some
had been built in the 1970s and his company had seen workers
actually falling through gratings on board rigs.
He warned that the falling oil price could deter oil companies from
investing in safety and repair work, which could lead to serious
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