Total stops Elgin leak

Total

Eoin O'Cinneide

 16 May 2012 09:27 GMT

Total has managed to halt a long-running gas leak on the Elgin platform in the North Sea following a successful top kill operation.

It took just 12 hours for the French major to call time on the leak once the top kill procedure kicked off on Tuesday morning, it revealed on Wednesday.

The G4 well at the Elgin processing, utilities and quarters (PUQ) facility has been spewing natural gas following a blowout which was discovered on 25 March.

On Tuesday the Seadrill semi-submersible drilling rig West Phoenix began pumping mud into the well in an effort to plug the leak. At the time Total said it may be a few days before it was able to…

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