Total: 'Elgin restart in days or weeks'

KAIA MEANS

related stories

News Wires

 24 January 2013 08:46 GMT

Total will restart a North Sea gas field within days or weeks after it was struck by a large gas leak and blowout in March last year, according to a report.

Reuters cited the French supermajor's chief executive Christophe de Margerie as giving the update on the Elgin-Franklin field during the World Economic Forum at Davos, Switzerland.

Elgin was shut in in March last year following a blowout and subsequent gas leak at the G4 well which led to an evacuation from a number of facilities in the area. The leak was not stopped until May after a successful top kill operation.

Total had originally been hopeful that the field would be up and running before the end of 2012 but later earmarked early…

Become an Upstream member!

Membership includes a subscription to our weekly newspaper providing in-depth news from the energy industry, plus full-access to this site and its archives. Still not convinced? Try our free trial.

Already a member?

Login

Upstream share price index