SMIT Salvage has successfully removed the bulk of pollutants from a drilling rig that ran aground off Scotland
“On Saturday Transocean was asked to use the good weather conditions on scene to take the opportunity to remove non-essential diesel oil and any other potential pollutants from the drilling rig,” said the UK’s Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA).
“It has now been confirmed that 200t of hydrocarbons, consisting of mainly diesel oil with small amounts of base oil and brine, was successfully transferred from the rig onto the supply vessel Olympic Orion.”
