Safety

Shell flies 85 workers off UK gas field after Covid outbreak places pressure on maintenance schedule

A total of 15 positive cases and dozens of 'close-contacts' are removed from flotel at work on Shearwater field

Covid outbreak: a flotel supporting work at Shell's Shearwater platform
Covid outbreak: a flotel supporting work at Shell's Shearwater platformPhoto: SIMON PRICE
  • Rob Watts
London
ShellShearwaterNorth SeaUnited KingdomEurope
Published 8 July 2021, 15:41Updated 9 July 2021, 09:32