French oil producer total that it would mud pumps, into a well said, to stop a gas leak at its Elgin platform in the North Sea, after a reconnaissance team found that the conditions were safe enough to allow the operation.
Operations to inject mud into the well before you connect it are expected to begin at the end of next week and several days, a source of close to the matter said.
"The recon mission to complex by a team of a total expert and entrepreneur, specialist of Elgin has confirmed that the planning for an operation to well intervention, the leaking, the G4 well under control as planned can be continued," said total in a statement on Friday.
The leak is an estimated 200,000 cubic metres of natural gas into the air per day, make a highly explosive cloud to the platform spit. Workers on the platform were evacuated when the leak was reported for the first time on 25 March.
The reconnaissance team of experts was flown by helicopter and found no presence of gas on the main platform, which houses workers living area, and no gas on the 90-feet [approx. 290 feet] bridge, which connects with the production platform where has the wellhead was leaking.
The structural condition of the platform was unchanged, since the plant as a whole scored evacuated was found.
The team of experts now give total management a detailed debriefing to well intervention plan to develop.
The French company plans in the meantime could perform even a parallel operation of two relief wells, drilling a longer and more expensive option, take up to six months.
The leak started after increased pressure in a well, which was previously been limited.
As a whole has the leak is so far a day does it cost $2.5 million, and it has almost 7 percent declined, because billions of euros from its circulation tap stock anti-pollution the leak was reported, said.
The crew of eight on board the helicopter was a mixture of personal total and Houston-based wild well control.
Firefighters and engineers from the Houston-based company are specialists in disasters such as oil rig explosions and named "Intrepid" of Hollywood.
The UK North Sea of dwindling oil and gas companies driving unstable reservoirs at high pressure and heat, tap, while security checks and maintenance are behind schedule, a North Sea rig tester, works for the industry told of Reuters.
Operations to inject mud into the well before you connect it are expected to begin at the end of next week and several days, a source of close to the matter said.
"The recon mission to complex by a team of a total expert and entrepreneur, specialist of Elgin has confirmed that the planning for an operation to well intervention, the leaking, the G4 well under control as planned can be continued," said total in a statement on Friday.
The leak is an estimated 200,000 cubic metres of natural gas into the air per day, make a highly explosive cloud to the platform spit. Workers on the platform were evacuated when the leak was reported for the first time on 25 March.
The reconnaissance team of experts was flown by helicopter and found no presence of gas on the main platform, which houses workers living area, and no gas on the 90-feet [approx. 290 feet] bridge, which connects with the production platform where has the wellhead was leaking.
The structural condition of the platform was unchanged, since the plant as a whole scored evacuated was found.
The team of experts now give total management a detailed debriefing to well intervention plan to develop.
The French company plans in the meantime could perform even a parallel operation of two relief wells, drilling a longer and more expensive option, take up to six months.
The leak started after increased pressure in a well, which was previously been limited.
As a whole has the leak is so far a day does it cost $2.5 million, and it has almost 7 percent declined, because billions of euros from its circulation tap stock anti-pollution the leak was reported, said.
The crew of eight on board the helicopter was a mixture of personal total and Houston-based wild well control.
Firefighters and engineers from the Houston-based company are specialists in disasters such as oil rig explosions and named "Intrepid" of Hollywood.
The UK North Sea of dwindling oil and gas companies driving unstable reservoirs at high pressure and heat, tap, while security checks and maintenance are behind schedule, a North Sea rig tester, works for the industry told of Reuters.
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