Platform in the North Sea. Photo source: ©© Paul Thomas
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Oil giant Total has confirmed that a major gas leak on one of its North Sea platforms could take several months to stop and admitted there was a risk of explosion.
A cloud of explosive natural gas boiling out of the North Sea from a leak at Total’s abandoned Elgin platform forced wider evacuations off the Scottish coast on Tuesday as the French firm warned it may take six months to halt the flow…
Read Full Article, Scientific american / Reuters
Elgin platform gas leak: Exclusion zone in Place, BBC
North Sea Oil Spill Risk Unacceptably High, The European Commission / Europa
The European commission has warned that the likelihood of a Deepwater Horizon-type accident in the North Sea remains “unacceptably high” as it outlined new laws to counter the danger.
Oil and gas spills in North Sea every week, Guardian UK
According to an investigative report and documents obtained in Britain, serious and largely unpublicised spills of oil and gas from North Sea platforms, are occurring at the rate of one a week.
