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Total confirms gas leak in its North Sea platforms
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E-mail CNTV, March 28, 2012
French oil giant, Total, has confirmed that a major gas leak has occurred on one of its North Sea platforms. All 238 staff have now been evacuated from the platform after the leak was discovered on Sunday. Meanwhile, the British government has ordered a ban to approach this area from the air and sea.
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A gas leak from a North Sea rig owned by oil giant Total remains a mystery. And it's not getting any better.
The rig was evacuated on Sunday and an air and sea exclusion zone has been declared around the Elgin platform as a cloud of explosive natural gas bubbles out of the North Sea.
Jake Molloy is an organizer for offshore workers at the Rail, Maritime and Transport Union.
Jake Molloy, the official of Rail, Maritime & Transport Union, said, "If you draw on the positives, everybody's home. Everybody's been evacuated. The installation's shut down. It's dead. The likelihood of an ignition is remote or at least it has been minimized to as far as it could possibly go. Beyond that, none knows. We're dealing with the unexplained, the unencountered."
The French firm says it's looking at the options of either drilling a relief well - that could take six months - or sending in engineers to kill the leak.
Although that would be quicker, it would be much riskier. Shell has also removed some of its workers from nearby rigs. Total's shares closed six percent lower.
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