He said the barge drifted past the Valhall field at a distance of about 1.2 miles, avoiding what could have been a disastrous collision with an oil rig.

The barge come adrift in British waters and had moved to within 14 nautical miles of Valhall, according to Norway's search and rescue authority cited by Norway's NTB news agency.

The barge is now drifting north, and ConocoPhillips, which operates an oil field to the north of Valhall, is watching warily – and has evacuated 145 people from the Eldfisk Center.

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The slow moving barge kept the bridge open from 9:10 a.m. to 9:45 a.m. Don Hamilton, an Oregon Department of Transportation spokesman, said the derrick section required the bridge’s midspan ...

Norwegian seismic company Global Geo Services (GGS) said today it will spend $215 million on three new tender barge rigs, adding it plans to pay for the move via a mix of new equity and debt.