Oil platform is shut down after 2 hurt

AN offshore oil platform has been shut down after two workers were injured by a crane.

Repsol Sinopec Resources UK said an investigation is being carried out into the incident on the Fulmar installation in the North Sea on Monday evening.

Two men were treated for ‘non-life-threatening injuries’, with one of them airlifted to Aberdeen Royal Infirmary for further treatment.

A company spokesman said: ‘The platform has been shut down while the incident is investigated further.’