A spokesperson for the Department for Business Energy & Industrial Strategy told Upstream the UK "insists on the highest standards of health and safety and environmental safeguards in UK decommissioning and expect other countries to do the same".

“The situation with the North Sea Producer is disappointing," the spokesperson said.

On Sunday, UK trade unions raised their concerns after pictures emerged of the FPSO rusting on sand at the Janata Steel yard in Chittagong, south-east Bangladesh.

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