AN experienced oil worker has died after he plunged from a North Sea oil rig.

Lee Bertram, from Northumberland, fell from Shell’s Brent Charlie platform – about 120 miles north east of Lerwick in Shetland – on June 16.

Grampian Police confirmed the 37-year-old worked for Aberdeen-based BIS Salamis and that he was working from ropes on the oil platform when he fell.

He was pulled from the water after the alarm was raised by work colleagues.

A Shell spokeswoman said: “Shell U.K. Limited can confirm that a man rescued from the North Sea after falling overboard from the Brent Charlie platform subsequently died on board the standby vessel Ocean Spey.

“The man was recovered from the water after workmates raised the alarm. Workers on the Shell-operated platform were called to muster when the alarm was raised.

“All personnel were accounted for and the relevant authorities have been notified.”