FORTIES SENTINEL

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Supply ship allided with rig -52 workers evacuated

The 'Forties Sentinel' was in collision with one of the legs of the rig Valaris 120, located about 150 miles to the east of Aberdeen, on Nov 24, 2024, at 10.22 p.m. About 128 workers were aboard the rig at the time of the allision, and 52 no nessential personnel were flown off to Aberdeen by helicopter. The partial evacuation took three flights. An incident response teams have been mobilized and are in liaison with the relevant authorities. The 'Valaris 120' is a heavy duty harsh environment jackup built in 2013, and it was part of the former Ensco fleet. It has a maximum drilling depth of 40,000 feet and can operate in up to 470 feet of water. At the time of the accident, the jackup was in elevated position near Harbour Energy's Judy platform, a small manned production installation with output of about 34,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day. There has been no impact on production.