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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, Ocean Kinetics was issued with a Notification of Contravention (NoC) letter by the watchdog. 13 of 13...

Thanks for coming on and being with us. >> thanks for having me. >> you're taking our money and you think we're not going to be mad about it? you're 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. that's just ahead right here. also, somebody apparently turned off the emergency alarm on that oil rig, and it exploded in the gulf of mexico. that's according to a rig worker who says it was deactivated so it wouldn't wake up the crew....

Tony hayward. those weren't misstatements thp that's 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 wasn't fully functioning? you're not an engineer pshgs i'm not an engineer. seems pretty common sense to me, though. didn't it? >> reporter: unless you're bp and operating as a rogue outfit who has one thing in mind. get as much oil as quickly as possible and have an ...

Golden oldies of tony hayward. those weren't misstatements. that's 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 wasn't fully functioning? i mean, you're not an engineer. i'm not an engineer. seems pretty common sense to me, though. doesn't it? >> reporter: very common sense until you're bp and operating as rogue outfit, who has one thing in mind -- get as much ...