ABOVE: The reinforced concrete hull of the oil production platform for the Ninian Field in the North Sea under construction at Loch Carron in the Scottish Highlands. The platform will be towed 430 miles to the field off the Shetland Islands. It will stand at the head of 42 oil wells and will have accommodation for a crew of 120. BELOW: A Royal Navy frigate, H.M.S. Lincoln, on patrol round a North Sea oil platform. As production from the fields increases, Britain is increasingly worried about attacks by terrorists on isolated installations.
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Press, 24 May 1977, Page 18
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92ABOVE: The reinforced concrete hull of the oil production platform for the Ninian Field in the North Sea under construction at Loch Carron in the Scottish Highlands. The platform will be towed 430 miles to the field off the Shetland Islands. It will stand at the head of 42 oil wells and will have accommodation for a crew of 120. BELOW: A Royal Navy frigate, H.M.S. Lincoln, on patrol round a North Sea oil platform. As production from the fields increases, Britain is increasingly worried about attacks by terrorists on isolated installations. Press, 24 May 1977, Page 18
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