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Elgin North Sea gas leak impact 'minimal' say Total and Scottish government | Elgin North Sea gas leak impact 'minimal' say Total and Scottish government |
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Energy firm Total and the Scottish government have said the impact of the gas leak from the North Sea's Elgin platform on the environment has been minimal so far. | Energy firm Total and the Scottish government have said the impact of the gas leak from the North Sea's Elgin platform on the environment has been minimal so far. |
All workers were removed from the installation, 150 miles off Aberdeen, when gas began escaping nine days ago. | All workers were removed from the installation, 150 miles off Aberdeen, when gas began escaping nine days ago. |
A Greenpeace ship is on the edge of the exclusion zone to test air and water samples. | A Greenpeace ship is on the edge of the exclusion zone to test air and water samples. |
Total has said a specialist team will assess the leak. | Total has said a specialist team will assess the leak. |
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The firm believes it is coming from a rock formation above the main reservoir, at a depth of 4,000m. | The firm believes it is coming from a rock formation above the main reservoir, at a depth of 4,000m. |
Meanwhile, environmental campaigners have warned that the gas leak will make it more difficult for Scotland to meet its climate change targets this year. | |
Dr Richard Dixon, director of WWF Scotland, estimated the impact of the leak on the country's greenhouse gas emissions could be the equivalent of adding about 300,000 cars to Scotland's roads. |