Lundin Petroleum AB: Thistle incident

Alan Curran, managing director of Lundin Britain Limited said, ‘An investigation into the cause of the incident is now underway. We are pleased that the safety systems and response processes worked well. We now are working to identify the cause of the incident. Thistle Alpha is an installation with a long and significant future and we have and continue to invest heavily in its refurbishment and upgrading. We also would like to thank all the organisations that supported the response.’