The Alexander Kielland platform (on the right) was being used as accommodation for workers from a nearby oil rig [Unknown/Norwegian Petroleum Museum] British families of those killed in a Norwegian ...

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British families of those killed in a Norwegian oil rig disaster have welcomed a decision to set up a compensation scheme earlier than planned saying people are dying before getting payments. More ...

123 people died when the Norwegian semi-submersible housing platform Alexander L. Kielland capsized in the North Sea in 1980. Survivors and relatives of the deceased still have many questions. What ...