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North Sea Gas Leak: Total Aims To Kill Leaking Elgin Well (VIDEO) (Huffington post)

By Muriel Boselli and Karolin Schaps

PARIS, April 1 (Reuters) - British authorities are expected to grant French
oil company Total permission in the next few days to kill its leaking Elgin
well in the North Sea, industry sources said on Sunday.

Total wants to launch two processes in parallel to stop the gas leak from the
well - which is emitting potentially explosive gas - but cannot proceed
without a green light from Britain's Health and Safety Executive (HSE).

If Total passes a risk assessment by the HSE it can then proceed with stopping
the leak.

"Authorisation for both options should land early next week, perhaps on
Monday," one of the sources said.

Commenting on the risk assessment, an HSE spokesman said: "That process is
ongoing. I cannot comment on timelines."

In the first process Total will inject drilling mud to kill the leaking well,
although this remains a risky option as human intervention on the platform
would be necessary.

The second process involves digging two relief wells, which could take six
months and cost up to $3 billion.

Total CEO Christophe De Margerie said on Saturday a flare near the drilling
platform went out without intervention, reducing ...

Huffington post

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