At Aberdeen Sheriff Court today, Schlumberger Oilfield UK PLC, was fined a £300,000 for a breach of Health and Safety legislation which placed workers from other companies operating on a North Sea installation at risk of exposure to radiation.
The breach took place on a rig approximately 210 miles east of Dundee in April 2008. Schlumberger had been contracted to undertake wireline logging operations as part of the Maersk drilling programme for the Cawdor well.
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