Virtual North Sea rig tour opens

THE first 3D tour of a North Sea oil platform is being offered to the public at the redeveloped Maritime Museum in Aberdeen.

The 15-minute show features footage shot on the Tern rig off Shetland and will be screened in a 15-seat cinema that looks like a heli-deck. Energy firm TAQA paid £100,000 for the revamp, which opened yesterday.