LONDON, Jan 11 (Reuters) - Production at ConocoPhillips' Murdoch gas platform off the coast of Britain has been shut down due to the threat of collision by a cargo ship adrift in the North Sea, a company spokeswoman said.

"This is purely a precautionary measure," said the spokeswoman. She said the platform's usual production rate was 100 million cubic feet of gas per day.

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