France's Total said on May 2 it needed more time to assess whether an accident at a South Korean shipyard could delay the delivery of its Martin Linge oil platform to Norway.

Six people died and more than 20 were injured when a crane collapsed onto a section of the platform at a Samsung Heavy Industries shipyard on May 1in Geoje, South Korea's Yonhap News Agency reported.

"It's too early to say how this would affect the platform's delivery. We still need to assess the damage," a spokesman for Total's Norwegian subsidiary said. No Total employees were killed or injured, the company said.

"We planned to sail the platform from South Korea before summer to install it during July or August, and it's still the plan," he added.

The trip takes nearly two months.

Total owns a 51% stake in the Martin Linge license, while Norway's state-owned Petoro has 30% and Statoil ASA (NYSE: STO) has 18%.