Fire Shuts Equinor’s Visund Platform in Norwegian North Sea
Verified: 2 outlets in 2 countries have reported this story since Nov 4.
Equinor halted output at its Visund oil and gas platform in the Norwegian North Sea on Wednesday after a fire in an electrical switchboard room, taking all 13.2 million cubic meters per day of the field’s gas export capacity off the market from Thursday. The fire broke out shortly before 11 a.m. local time, NRK reported. Equinor spokesperson Ellen Maria Skjelsbæk told the broadcaster that crews first reported smoke and then found flames in the switchboard room, which houses the panels that control and distribute power on the platform.…
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[Claude] Report 2 covers the same Equinor Visund platform shutdown after the switchboard room fire on Wednesday, adding detail about gas export capacity without contradicting Report 1.
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