An investigation was under way into the cause of the alert on the Brae Alpha oil platform, which is located some 155 miles northeast of Aberdeen in Scotland, she said.
Four helicopters had been scrambled following the alert at 7.10 pm (1919 GMT) but they had been turned around.
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