Police are investigating Statoil after leak
The Petroleum Safety Authority of Norway has requested that the country's police proceed with a case concerning oil refinery Mongstad, which was evacuated in the fall of 2016.
A disaster nearly struck at Statoil's Norwegian oil refinery Mongstad in October 2016. In relation to an inspection, a leak was found springing from a gas pipe with a diameter of 15 centimeters. When the operating technician tried to close it, the valve became loose and the pipe broke off. The incident was classified as a code red and 600 employees were evacuated. In its own report, Statoil determined that the result could have entailed fatalities.
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