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Breaking: Workers Flee Oil Rig After Bomb Alert

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posted on Feb, 10 2008 @ 07:25 AM
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Breaking: Workers Flee Oil Rig After Bomb Alert


news.sky.com

Hundreds of oil workers are being evacuated by helicopter from a North Sea rig after a bomb threat.

A woman sparked the security alert after coastguards were called this morning, Sky sources have said.

A bomb disposal unit was on its way to the facility, which is 175 miles north-east of Aberdeen.
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posted on Feb, 10 2008 @ 07:25 AM
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Only just heard about this developing story. Officials haven't yet confirmed the actual nature of the alert. Maybe one to keep an eye on.

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posted on Feb, 10 2008 @ 07:35 AM
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I agree with the statement from the union rep. How the hell does anyone get to plant a bomb on an oil rig? Crews are usually helicoptered in so pass through the same checks we'd have at most airports.

Have to see how this pans out but it seems a little strange.



posted on Feb, 10 2008 @ 07:39 AM
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This just in...Based off of bomb scares, oil prices just jumped to 110 a barrel.
Just wait....it would not surprise me one bit.

[edit on 10-2-2008 by kleverone]



posted on Feb, 10 2008 @ 07:42 AM
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BBC quotes a spokesman talking about "a woman on the platform who had sparked the incident, but he could not go into details at this stage."

Also reports about "a device."
news.bbc.co.uk...



posted on Feb, 10 2008 @ 07:42 AM
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Explosives can be transported by sea? There's a lot going on at the worldseas these days; remember the cable cuttings all around.



posted on Feb, 10 2008 @ 08:25 AM
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Originally posted by kleverone
This just in...Based off of bomb scares, oil prices just jumped to 110 a barrel




wow, the traders & vampire fortune hunters will exploit anything & everything

probably a disgruntled worker or staff on the small town sized community
atop a steel island.
The 'going postal' syndrome is going 'off shore' too...



posted on Feb, 10 2008 @ 08:38 AM
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"Sky sources: Security incident on oil rig now being treated as a hoax."

A rather elaborate practical joke? I guess the 'whoopee cushion' is now considered too passé.



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