Shell and Esso bring you; another offshore oil spill!
While industry and government downplay the size of the oil spill, this is only the latest in a string of pollution incidents, some major, from this oil rig. The Wall Street Journal confirmed:
http://blog.platformlondon.org/2011/08/13/breaking-shell-gannet-alpha-oil-spill-hits-north-sea/The platform had 10 leak incidents in 2009 and 2010, according to an HSE document showing voluntarily declared spills.
Shell issued a statement regarding the incident, saying that "We can confirm we are managing an oil leak in a flow line that serves the Gannet Alpha platform. [...] We have stemmed the leak significantly and we are taking further measures to isolate it. The subsea well has been shut in, and the flow line is being depressurised." The company has thus far refused to comment on the exact size of the leak, saying that was "not a significant spill."
According to a Shell spokesperson, a remote submarine was deployed after a sheen was noticed in the water surrounding the platform; since then, a craft has been brought in to monitor water conditions in the area.
The UK's Department of Energy and Climate Change has begun an investigation of the leak, with the Scottish government and Marine Scotland also involved in monitoring the situation.North Sea oil leak 'under control'
BBC News | Belfast Telegraph - 3 hours ago
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