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http://shet.news/kmd7f Copied! A LOCAL marine engineering firm has rejected accusations by the RMT union that an incident during decommissioning work on the Buchan Alpha oil rig at Lerwick harbour “sent shockwaves among offshore contractors” and occurred because the job had been done “on the cheap”. Following an investigation by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) into the incident in August last year, in which a pontoon was seen moving during a cutting sequence, Oc...

Thanks for coming on and being with us. >> thanks for having me. >> youre taking our money and you think were not going to be mad about it? youre nuts! this is a backlash over some big bucks some folks in one blue collar city are blasting several of their leaders over their monster salaries. and their outrage has caused those leaders to make a dramatic move. thats just ahead right here. also, somebody apparently turned off the emergency alarm on that oil rig, and it exploded in the gulf of mexic...

Tony hayward. those werent misstatements thp thats the way these guys really feel and i think they owe an apology call to all six parish presidents and governor jindal, who they all just blew off. >> doug, quick, before we let you go. the testimony today, we want you to comment on from that rig worker who said the alarm on site wasnt fully functioning? youre not an engineer pshgs im not an engineer. seems pretty common sense to me, though. didnt it? >> reporter: unless youre bp and operating as ...

Golden oldies of tony hayward. those werent misstatements. thats the way these guys really feel, and i think though owe an apology call to all six parish presidents and governor jindal, who they all just blew off. >> doug, quick, before we let you go. the testimony today, we want you to comment on from that rig worker who said the alarm on site wasnt fully functioning? i mean, youre not an engineer. im not an engineer. seems pretty common sense to me, though. doesnt it? >> reporter: very common ...