BBC: The gas leak from the Elgin platform in the North Sea has been stopped, according to oil firm Total. The company's platform was evacuated when the gas began leaking on Sunday 25 March. An attempt to stop the leak by pumping heavy mud into the well got under way on Tuesday. Total said the operation had stopped the well leak within 12 hours and described the development as a "major turning point". Learn lessons Yves-Louis Darricarrère, Total's president of exploration and production,...
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