The Eide Barge 33 missed the Valhall field by at least 1km (0.6 miles). More than 300 oil workers were airlifted from the Norwegian sector of the North Sea after the high winds broke the barge's anchor. Stormy weather in the area has seen waves topping 15m (50ft). A man died when a huge wave hit another rig earlier in the Troll field off Norway. Forced shut down The strong winds tore the barge from its moorings and sent it towards BP's Valhall platform, located in the middle of the North Sea between Norway and the UK. The oil and gas company was forced to shut down output and evacuate staff on board. ConocoPhillips also stopped production and evacuated crew from installations in the same area. A spokeswoman for the Rescue Coordination Centre for southern Norway told the Reuters news agency that the danger posed by the barge was now over. "There are no other installations between the barge and the coast of Norway," Borghild Eldoen said.
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