Total identifies source of Elgin gas leak in UK North Sea

摘要

Total said on Thursday that it had traced the source of the gas leak at the Elgin platform in the UK North Sea to a pocket in a rock formation located 4 km below the seabed but 1 km above the gas reservoir being tapped by the Elgin platform. The gas leaking above sea level is coming out of a pipeline Total sealed off from its main Elgin production reservoirs one year ago, the company said. The gas leak became evident last Sunday after a gas cloud was spotted around the production platform, located about 140 miles east of Aberdeen.