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| Oil platform adrift in North Sea | Oil platform adrift in North Sea |
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| An oil platform carrying 75 people is still drifting in the North Sea a day after it broke free in stormy weather. | |
| Norwegian rescue services were planning to tie the platform to a tug boat, but have been foiled by rough seas. | Norwegian rescue services were planning to tie the platform to a tug boat, but have been foiled by rough seas. |
| "The platform is going towards Poland, it's drifting," a Norwegian rescue official told the AFP news agency. | "The platform is going towards Poland, it's drifting," a Norwegian rescue official told the AFP news agency. |
| He said the crew was "mostly British, there are a few Norwegians and a few Portuguese", and that they were not in any danger. | He said the crew was "mostly British, there are a few Norwegians and a few Portuguese", and that they were not in any danger. |
| They had not been removed as the weather precluded a helicopter evacuation. | They had not been removed as the weather precluded a helicopter evacuation. |
| Hans Christensen at the Norwegian Joint Rescue Co-ordination Centre said the Bredford Dolphin drilling rig was being tugged out of Norwegian waters towards Poland for repairs when its towing cable snapped. | Hans Christensen at the Norwegian Joint Rescue Co-ordination Centre said the Bredford Dolphin drilling rig was being tugged out of Norwegian waters towards Poland for repairs when its towing cable snapped. |
| "We are hoping to reattach [the rig] late this afternoon, depending on weather conditions," Sheena Wallace, a spokeswoman for Dolphin Drilling, said earlier on Wednesday. | "We are hoping to reattach [the rig] late this afternoon, depending on weather conditions," Sheena Wallace, a spokeswoman for Dolphin Drilling, said earlier on Wednesday. |
| "The tow vessel is close to the rig and we have sent a second vessel as a precaution, which should arrive in the early evening," she told AFP. | "The tow vessel is close to the rig and we have sent a second vessel as a precaution, which should arrive in the early evening," she told AFP. |
| Officials said the rig - reportedly owned by Norwegian oil group Fred Olsen, and operated by Britain's Peak Well Management - would hopefully be brought back under control when heavy waters subsided. | Officials said the rig - reportedly owned by Norwegian oil group Fred Olsen, and operated by Britain's Peak Well Management - would hopefully be brought back under control when heavy waters subsided. |