While fortunately no one was injured in the incident, which occurred as McDermott teams working on the DLV2000 attempted to complete the work, this hasn't stopped the national offshore energy regulator from stepping in to investigate.

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Investigation launched as Crux drilling rig is dropped

Fortunately no one was injured

Russell Yeo

The broken off drilling rig dangles in the after the incident | Credits: Offshore Alliance

The government's offshore energy regulator has launched an investigation into an incident on Shell's Crux project in which the rig – weighing many hundreds if not thousands of tonnes - was dropped while...

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