Taqa working on Brent flows after leak

Taqa Bratani

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Eoin O'Cinneide

 16 January 2013 12:37 GMT

Taqa Bratani said it has "begun the process" of restoring about 80,000 barrels per day of flows to the Brent pipeline system shut off following a hydrocarbons leak at one of its platforms in the North Sea this week.

"The process of restarting Brent throughput follows a thorough technical evaluation that shows it is safe to do so without any increased risk to Cormorant Alpha," Taqa said in an update late on Wednesday.

The Abu Dhabi-controlled company has also said that the volume of hydrocarbons which leaked into a platform leg at the Cormorant Alpha platform is “small”.

Production was shut in at the platform and other fields in the area following the detection of a leak on Monday afternoon.

Taqa then evacuated all non-essential personnel from the platform by helicopter, a process which has…

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