Several unidentified drones have recently been observed on the Norwegian continental shelf. Equinor holds his cards close to his chest, while an expert does not rule out that this involves information gathering.
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There have been at least six unidentified drone observations within the Norwegian Shelf Safe Zone on the Norwegian Continental Shelf, reports Stavanger Aftenblad.
Two of these were observed on September 17, near the Kristin field and the Gina Krog oil and gas field respectively. On September 20, another drone was observed less than 50 meters from the Heidrun platform. This was written by Stavanger Aftenblad.
Kristin’s camp and Heidrun’s platform are located in the Norwegian Sea. Gina Krog is located in the North Sea.
There was also a possible drone sighting around the Ringhorne platform in the North Sea earlier this week, but it has not been confirmed that it was a drone.
It has not been specified which type of drones are involved, nor what were the purposes behind the flights.
Also Never again And NRK he mentioned the matter.
Eskil Eriksen, a spokesperson for Equinor, writes in an email to VG that, as far as safety is concerned, they do not want to publish details on measures or which installations have made observations of unidentified drones.
– We have made observations of unidentified drones in some of our installations. These are incidents that we take seriously and report the observations to the Norwegian authorities, the Oil Safety Authority and the police. We are in dialogue with the authorities, who are following up on the observations, writes Eriksen.
The Sør-West Police District has launched an investigation into the case, writes NRK.