This is the story of Forties oil field which is generally known as the field where offshore production of oil was started throughout North Sea. At that time, every technological and engineering step was a fist, as biggest field in North Sea set to break the boundaries in attempt to start production. Sir Ian Wood, the former CEO of Wood Group, describes it as a science fiction sort of engineering development at that time.
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