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15/05/2012
Plugging Operation Begins On North Sea Gas Leak
Almost 8 weeks since it was first discovered oil company Total will today start pumping heavy mud down its leaking well in the North Sea in an attempt to stop the ongoing gas leak.
"The well intervention operation got underway at 8:20am with the pumping of heavy mud into the well from the main support vessel," the oil and gas major said in a statement.
The work, at the Elgin platform, 240 km off the coast of Scotland, is expected to last several days before engineers can determine whether the leak has been stopped, Total said.
The leak is costing the company around £1.8m a day in relief operations and lost net income.
The Department of Energy and Climate Change, which gave the go-ahead for the "well kill" work earlier this month, said it was monitoring the situation closely.
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"The well intervention operation got underway at 8:20am with the pumping of heavy mud into the well from the main support vessel," the oil and gas major said in a statement.
The work, at the Elgin platform, 240 km off the coast of Scotland, is expected to last several days before engineers can determine whether the leak has been stopped, Total said.
The leak is costing the company around £1.8m a day in relief operations and lost net income.
The Department of Energy and Climate Change, which gave the go-ahead for the "well kill" work earlier this month, said it was monitoring the situation closely.
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