High and dry: new challenges for offshore safety

A search and rescue helicopter hovers above the North Sea. Apart from personal accidents, the principle safety risks offshore stem from fire and explosions due to the release and ignition of hydrocarbons, structural collapse and loss of stability.

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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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