Shell fights North Sea oil spill (BBC)

[eppur_se_muova]

Oil giant Royal Dutch Shell has said it is working to stop a leak at one of its North Sea oil platforms.

The company would not say how much oil may have been spilt from the Gannet Alpha platform though it said it had "stemmed the leak significantly".

One of the wells at the Gannet oilfield has been closed, but the company would not say if production was reduced.

The company says it has sent a clean-up vessel to the location and has a plane monitoring the surface.

The leak was found in a flow line connecting an oil well to the platform.
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more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-14513509

[KansDem]

1. Oh, right then! Let's let them drill in the Arctic Ocean!

Again, what was Einstein's definition of "insanity?"

[ixion]

2. And it was just yesterday that concerns were expressed because

there is NO KNOWN WAY to clean up oil in cold water.

But not to worry, says Big Oil, it won't be a problem.

24 hours later...