Maersk fire-hit Qatar oil platform to resume output

Maersk Oil Qatar will resume production in its fire-hit platform in Al-Shaheen oil field in the next 24 hours, company officials said on Wednesday. "We expect to reintroduce hydrocarbons to the A platform complex in the next 24 hours," a Maersk Oil Qatar spokeswoman said. Part of Danish shipping and oil group AP Moller-Maersk, the firm operates the oil field on behalf of Qatar Petroleum.

A fire broke out on one of its platforms on April 21. It was extinguished without any loss of life, the company said on its web site. "We're still evaluating the extent of the damage," another company official said. He declined to say how much production was shut. Maersk Oil Qatar's total output from the Al-Shaheen field is 300,000 barrels per day.