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New North Sea oil drilling faces delay after gear accidentally dropped in sea

A safety valve and a second piece of drilling equipment were dropped 1,100 metres to the seabed from the rig hired by Adura from Odfjell Drilling on 18 April, and Odfjell Drilling has documented internally that the rig could be out of action for up to four months. Production at Rosebank, located 80 miles north-west of Shetland and projected to yield 300m barrels over 25 years, had been expected before the end of 2026 but is now anticipated at some point in 2027.
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