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No further probes of oil rig capsize
March 10, 2021
Norway’s state Auditor General’s office has determined that Norwegian authorities did not sufficiently follow up those who survived the capsizing of the oil platform
Alexander Kielland in 1980. They found no basis, however, for a new investigation.
The Auditor General
Ekofisk oil field, along with families of those who drowned, have complained that they never received the information they needed afterwards.
Some family members were never even officially informed of the deaths of platform workers by the state
Sosialdepartement (the ministry in charge of social issues at the time). “It’s serious that the state didn’t make it a priority to follow up with survivors and families of victims after the accident,” the report states.