Total’s Elgin ‘fully manned’

Up and running: all personnel back on Elgin

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Eoin O'Cinneide

 03 August 2012 14:05 GMT

Total’s Elgin platform in the North Sea which was shut in following a gas leak earlier this year is now back to being fully manned.

Essential safety and support systems are also up and running on the platform and nearby Rowan Viking rig after gas was discovered leaking from Elgin’s G4 well on 25 March.

The leak was eventually halted through a top-kill procedure on 15 May.

“Since the gas leak on the Elgin G4 well was stopped by a successful well intervention operation on 15 May, the G4 well has remained stable and significant further progress has been made moving towards a permanent solution,” Total said on Friday.

“Total and its contractors have now restarted the essential safety and support systems on board…

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