North Sea oil rig deal will create 1,000 Tyneside jobs

A £150m oil rig deal between US oil group Apache and engineering contractor Offshore Group Newcastle (OGN) will create 1,000 jobs in the North-east over the next 20 months.
The new oil platform, in the Forties field 110 miles east of Aberdeen, will be "bridge-linked" to Apache's existing Forties Alpha facility.
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Source: The Independent