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He said the Thistle oil field was "just about as remote as it gets - about five or six miles inside the UK search and rescue region".

The Thistle oil field is located in the south eastern portion of Block 211/18a and marginally in Block 211/19a, in the UK Sector of Northern North Sea.

The Thistle oil field is located in the south eastern portion of Block 211/18a and marginally in Block 211/19a, in the UK Sector of

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The rig is on the Thistle oil field discovered in the 1970s is owed by Lundin Petroleum and serviced by Petrofac. It lies just five miles inside the UK search and rescue zone.