"Production is shut at Gullfaks B so that we can take care of the (platform) staff in the best way possible," Statoil's head of development and production in Norway, Arne Sigve Nylund, told a news conference.
He did not say at what rate the platform was producing at when it shut down.Partners in the field include Austria's OMVOutput at North Sea Gullfaks B platform shut after helicopter crash: Statoil
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