Fire Scare on Oil Rig
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<i> Reuters</i>
LONDON — Chevron Corp. said Sunday that there had been a fire alarm on its North Sea Ninian South oil production platform but that the incident was minor and had not affected production.
A spokesman said diesel fuel got into a turbine exhaust causing black smoke that triggered an alarm Saturday on the platform, 100 miles northeast of the Shetland Islands.
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