Elgin leak plugged, say Total
16th May 2012
Total has today (May 16, 2012) announced that its well intervention operation, started yesterday, has stopped the G4 well leak on the Elgin complex, 240km from Aberdeen in the North Sea bringing to a halt a gas leak that has been in progress since the 25 March
The operation, which involved pumping heavy mud into the leaking well, stopped the gas escape after 12 hours.