Pressure Gas Leak News

High pressure gas leak from North Sea oil rig off coast of Scotland – union expresses safety concerns about gas cloud Oil and gas union leaders have called for all platforms within a five-mile radius to be evacuated after fears the gas cloud may be travelling in their direction, according to a report in Scottish local newspaper 'The Press and Journal' As a direct result of the risk the gas leak poses to its staff on nearby platforms, Shell has also suspended production on the Shearwater and Noble Hans Deul drilling rig. Unite union regional officer for offshore workers, Wullie Wallace, said other platforms should follow suit for a greater focus on health and safety offshore.

High-pressure gas leak from North Sea oil rig leads to evacuation, maritime exclusion zone BBC News reports that gas leaking from Total's Elgin PUQ platform, about 150 miles off the coast of Scotland has led to the evacuation of workers and a  2-mile exclusion zone has been set up around it. Two more nearby platforns have also been evacuated. Total E&P UK (TEP UK), which operates the platform, said it was taking "all possible measures" to try to identify the source and cause of the leak and to bring it under control. It has been confirmed that there is a sheen on the water near the platform.