Thistle Alpha
Thistle Alpha is a production platform for oil in the North Sea . It is located about 190 kilometers northeast of Shetland . It is operated by the Swedish company Lundin Petroleum . The production is around 200,000 barrels daily. In a fire on November 25, 2007, 116 of the 159 people employed on the platform had to be evacuated by helicopter.
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Coordinates: 61 ° 26 ′ 28.4 " N , 1 ° 37 ′ 53.8" E