Shell works to contain North Sea oil spill << BACK
Tuesday, August 16, 2011


LONDON — An estimated 1,300 barrels of oil have spilled into the U.K. North Sea from a leaking pipeline at a Royal Dutch Shell PLC platform since last Wednesday, The Wall Street Journal reported.

If Shell’s estimate is correct, the oil spill is the largest to affect the country since 2000.

Shell has been working to contain a leak from a ruptured undersea pipe at the Gannet Alpha platform since last Wednesday, the article stated.

Shell said the leak is “under control” and that the well that feeds the pipeline remains closed.

8/16/2011 11:53:57 AM

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8/16/2011 11:56:33 AM

<< Back is the damn back browser button. Sorry. Cut and paste.

8/16/2011 11:58:18 AM

Quote :

"The North Sea is a marginal sea of the Atlantic Ocean located between Great Britain, Scandinavia, Belgium, and the Netherlands"

not my fucking problem let those fucking scandinavians do somthing for the enviroment for once

8/16/2011 12:05:11 PM

it sucks for them

but 1300 barrels is kinda inconsequential

8/16/2011 12:08:35 PM

yeah true. But you know how that stuff spreads in water.

8/16/2011 12:51:09 PM

Uh oh, Obama is going to freak out and firebomb all our offshore rigs just to be safe...

8/16/2011 1:00:30 PM

drop in the bucket...

8/16/2011 1:08:57 PM

i thought this thread was gonna be about China

8/16/2011 1:16:40 PM

1,300 barrels is less than half the natural seep in a single day in the Gulf of Mexico

8/16/2011 1:16:54 PM