Oil workers at BP's Clair platform in the North Sea have been taken off the site after a power outage early on Saturday morning.

The company said 105 non-essential personnel had been taken off the platform, 46 miles west of Shetland, as a precautionary measure.

The power cut occurred at around 5.45am, with 144 people on the platform.

The non-essential workers were taken to Shetland for temporary accommodation.

A spokesperson for BP said: "Following a power outage on the Clair platform west of Shetland, BP can confirm that - as a precautionary measure - we are initiating the downmanning of 105 non-essential personnel.

"The Clair platform lost power at approximately 5.45am on Saturday.

"The platform was not producing at the time. We are working to resolve the issue."

The Clair platform was taken offline for several weeks last October after a leak which saw about 95 tonnes of oil spill into the North Atlantic.