Shell fights North Sea oil spill
Oil giant Royal Dutch Shell has said it is working to stop a leak at one of its North Sea oil platforms.
The company would not say how much oil may have been spilt from the Gannet Alpha platform though it said it had "stemmed the leak significantly".
One of the wells at the Gannet oilfield has been closed, but the company would not say if production was reduced.
Interestingly;
The field is co-owned by US oil firm Exxon
Lets hope that this is a minor leak
We already know the BP oil spill back in 2010 would raise the price of oil considerably by 2015. Could this be a subtle hint to extortionate oil prices much sooner i.e. 2012-2013?
I wonder if there is any relation to the so called "dead zones" around the coasts of these countries and the drilling that is happening in those areas? Perhaps indirectly even, the "little" cleanups that have to happen all the time adding over the years all the new chemicals and process for cleaning up those spills, have to be tested somewhere.
just found out the rig is located 180 km off of Aberdeen, Scotland.
i also found out, according to the guardian, the rig has the maximum capacity of producing 88.000 barrels of oil per day.
so there could've been a substantial amount leaked allready.
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