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Norwegian oil & gas major Statoil informed that yesterday, October 12, at 4:05 pm notice was given of a workplace accident at the Sture terminal in Hordaland.

Namely, five people were sent to Haukeland Hospital after having been exposed to H2S gas (hydrogen sulfide).

The five people were exposed to H2S gas while working at a treatment facility for oily water inside the terminal area.

According to Statoil, gas readings were carried out and there is no risk of further exposure. The area has been cordoned off. The police has begun an investigation and, together with the Petroleum Safety Authority Norway, shouls conduct further investigations today.

“It is still too early to provide information about the cause of the incident. Statoil will also carry out its own investigations to determine how this could have occurred,” the company said in a press release.

“Emergency services and the authorities were notified and Statoil mobilised its emergency response organisation at both Sture and in Stavanger,” the company added.

The Sture terminal in Øygarden municipality in Hordaland is a port for crude oil shipments. The terminal receives crude oil and condensate from the Oseberg area through a 115 kilometre oil pipeline and crude oil from the Grane field and Edvard Grieg field through a 212 kilometre oil pipeline.