High and dry: new challenges for offshore safety

Shell's Gannet Alpha platform, 112 miles offshore of Aberdeen. Natural gas escaping underwater brought production to a halt, with non-essential workers safely evacuated as a precaution. Image courtesy of Shell.

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  Shell's Gannet Alpha platform, 112 miles offshore of Aberdeen.
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  A search and rescue helicopter hovers above the North Sea.
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  Deepwater Horizon.
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  Honeywell's space-saving, designed-vertical series C input / output modules.
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  Valemon will use remote control and safety monitoring.

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