27/03/2012
North Sea Oil Rigs Evacuated After Gas Leak
Workers on two offshore oil rigs have been evacuated after a gas leak on a third, nearby, rig.
Shell has removed workers from two of its rigs off the coast of Aberdeen after a Total platform was evacuated following a leak.
After a sheen on the water was confirmed, owners of the platform Total E&P UK (TEP UK), said they were taking “all possible measures” to try to identify the cause of the leak.
Oil Spill Response (OSRL) on Monday carried out two aerial surveillance flights to assess the situation and two further flights were planned for Tuesday.
Shell, whose Shearwater and Noble Hans Deul platforms are around 4miles from the Elgin platform, said it had taken the decision to remove its staff as a precautionary measure and that the wells had been left in a “safe state”.
52 workers have been removed from Shearwater, leaving 38 on board, while 33 are being taken off the Hans Deul, leaving 79.
A Shell spokesman said: "While the move is purely precautionary and primarily driven by the prevailing weather conditions, and both facilities remain operational, it has been decided to reduce numbers to a more manageable level until the full situation surrounding the Elgin leak has been established."
TEP UK said it had met the secretary of state's representative, the Health and Safety Executive, the Department of Energy and Climate change, Marine Scotland and the coastguard.
In a statement, the company said: "Total E&P UK confirms that the gas leak at the Elgin Well Head Platform remains ongoing, although the situation is currently stable.
"We continue to take all possible measures to try to identify the source and cause of the leak and to bring it under control."
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Shell has removed workers from two of its rigs off the coast of Aberdeen after a Total platform was evacuated following a leak.
After a sheen on the water was confirmed, owners of the platform Total E&P UK (TEP UK), said they were taking “all possible measures” to try to identify the cause of the leak.
Oil Spill Response (OSRL) on Monday carried out two aerial surveillance flights to assess the situation and two further flights were planned for Tuesday.
Shell, whose Shearwater and Noble Hans Deul platforms are around 4miles from the Elgin platform, said it had taken the decision to remove its staff as a precautionary measure and that the wells had been left in a “safe state”.
52 workers have been removed from Shearwater, leaving 38 on board, while 33 are being taken off the Hans Deul, leaving 79.
A Shell spokesman said: "While the move is purely precautionary and primarily driven by the prevailing weather conditions, and both facilities remain operational, it has been decided to reduce numbers to a more manageable level until the full situation surrounding the Elgin leak has been established."
TEP UK said it had met the secretary of state's representative, the Health and Safety Executive, the Department of Energy and Climate change, Marine Scotland and the coastguard.
In a statement, the company said: "Total E&P UK confirms that the gas leak at the Elgin Well Head Platform remains ongoing, although the situation is currently stable.
"We continue to take all possible measures to try to identify the source and cause of the leak and to bring it under control."
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