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Total estimated that the leak at the Elgin platform would cost the firm up to $400 million
The Elgin platform was evacuated in March after gas began leaking from the seabed
Total is trying to stem a gas leak at its Elgin platform in the North Sea, where it is losing around $1.5mn a day
Total has been battling to fix a gas leak at its stricken Elgin platform since March 25
The Elgin platform has been spewing a cloud of gas since March 25
The abandoned Elgin platform, 150 miles off Scotland's east coast, has been spewing a cloud of gas since March 25
Experts from Marine Scotland, are to monitor the impact of the gas leak from the Elgin platform
Experts from Marine Scotland, are to monitor the impact of the gas leak from the Elgin platform
A specialised team will try to perform a reconnaissance mission of the Elgin wellhead platform
A midwave-infrared camera image shows the gas cloud coming from rig on April 3
A specialised team will try to perform a reconnaissance mission of the Elgin wellhead platform
A midwave-infrared camera image shows the gas cloud coming from rig on April 3
A specialised team will try to perform a reconnaissance mission of the Elgin wellhead platform
A layer of oil is seen in the water near the French energy giant Total's Elgin rig
The French firm evacuated the Elgin rig off the Scottish coast because of a gas leak
Total's Elgin rig
An AFP photographer on board the Greenpeace boat said there was a faint smell of gas around the platform
A Greenpeace logistics officer said their ship was just outside a two-nautical-mile exclusion zone
French energy giant Total has insisted the leak does not pose a significant threat to the environment
The Elgin and the neighbouring Franklin field produce gas and condensate, a gas-derived liquid hydrocarbon
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Total gets green light to reopen North Sea gas rig

By Staff Reporter  AFP European Edition
Mar 06, 2013 11:26 EST
British authorities on Wednesday gave French energy giant Total permission to reopen a North Sea platform that was struck by a gas leak a year ago at a cost of hundreds of millions of dollars.
 

Rangers match off as 'too many fans' stop play

By Staff Reporter  AFP Global Edition
Nov 23, 2012 13:47 EST
Rangers' Scottish Third Division match at Elgin City was postponed on Friday after too many tickets were sold for the game.
 

Total profit plunges in second quarter

By Staff Reporter  AFP Global Edition
Jul 27, 2012 04:26 EDT
The French oil major Total said Friday that its 2012 second quarter net profit plummeted by 42 percent to 1.6 billion euros ($1.96 billion).
 

Britain's BG Group profits slide on US write-down

By Staff Reporter  AFP Global Edition
Jul 26, 2012 11:15 EDT
British energy producer BG Group on Thursday said its net profits plunged 77 percent in the second quarter compared with a year earlier on a write-down to its US shale gas business.
 

Bonnie and Clyde guns up for US auction

By Staff Reporter  AFP Global Edition
Jul 13, 2012 16:00 EDT
Concealed handguns carried by infamous outlaws Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow when they were fatally ambushed in Louisiana in 1934 are coming up for auction in New England.
 

Elgin platform gas leak plugged safely, says Total

By Staff Reporter  AFP Global Edition
May 21, 2012 11:32 EDT
French energy giant Total said Monday it had successfully plugged a gas leak at a North Sea platform that cost the firm hundreds of millions of dollars and threatened to trigger a major explosion.
 

Energy giant Total says North Sea gas leak plugged

By Staff Reporter  AFP Global Edition
May 16, 2012 05:46 EDT
French energy giant Total said Wednesday it had plugged a gas leak under a North Sea platform that cost the firm hundreds of millions of dollars and threatened to trigger a major explosion.
 

Total net profit falls 7% to ?3.66 bn

By Staff Reporter  AFP Global Edition
Apr 27, 2012 05:06 EDT
The French oil major Total said on Friday that its 2012 first quarter net profit had fallen by seven percent to 3.66 billion euros ($4.83 billion), on a tax increase and weaker demand in Europe.
 

Total diverts gas cloud away from stricken North Sea rig

By Staff Reporter  AFP Global Edition
Apr 26, 2012 15:27 EDT
French energy giant Total said Thursday it had succeeded in diverting gas that is leaking from a platform in the North Sea so that it no longer gathers in a cloud around the wellhead.
 

North Sea to overcome Total gas shortage: Nat. Grid

By Staff Reporter  AFP European Edition
Apr 17, 2012 11:50 EDT
A gas supply shortfall caused by a leak at a North Sea platform owned by French company Total would likely be made up from neighbouring fields, British energy firm National Grid said on Tuesday.
 

Total reports progress on North Sea gas leak

By Staff Reporter  AFP European Edition
Apr 14, 2012 09:07 EDT
French energy giant Total said on Saturday it had made progress on plans to fix the gas leak at its stricken North Sea rig.
 

Total can end North Sea gas leak 'by end of month'

By Staff Reporter  AFP Global Edition
Apr 11, 2012 10:09 EDT
French energy giant Total aims to plug the leak of potentially explosive gas from its stricken North Sea rig by the end of April, a senior executive told a Scottish newspaper on Wednesday.
 

North Sea gas leak plug 'achievable'

by Robin Millard  AFP European Edition
Apr 06, 2012 12:30 EDT
A plan to plug a leaking North Sea platform well is "achievable," inspectors said Friday following a visit to a well head that is spewing a cloud of potentially explosive gas.
 

Scottish experts assess platform gas leak impact

By Staff Reporter  AFP European Edition
Apr 06, 2012 08:25 EDT
The Scottish government was sending a marine research vessel Friday to carry out sampling around a North Sea oil platform that is spewing a cloud of potentially explosive gas.
 

Experts survey stricken Total North Sea gas platform

By Staff Reporter  AFP Global Edition
Apr 05, 2012 15:38 EDT
A team of experts spent four hours inspecting a wellhead that is spewing a cloud of potentially explosive gas on a North Sea platform operated by French energy giant Total, the company said on Thursday.
 

Total flies experts to stricken North Sea gas rig

By Staff Reporter  AFP Global Edition
Apr 05, 2012 09:19 EDT
A team of experts has flown to a North Sea platform operated by French energy giant Total to inspect a wellhead that is spewing a cloud of potentially explosive gas, the company said on Thursday.
 

Experts fly to stricken North Sea gas platform

By Staff Reporter  AFP European Edition
Apr 05, 2012 06:06 EDT
A team of experts have flown to a North Sea platform operated by French energy giant Total to inspect a wellhead that has been leaking gas since March 25, the company said on Thursday.
 

Bad weather delays Total mission to stricken North Sea rig

By Staff Reporter  AFP Global Edition
Apr 04, 2012 15:31 EDT
Strong winds thwarted Total's plans to airlift a team of experts on Wednesday to its stricken North Sea platform, in a bid to cut off the cloud of gas that has been spewing from the rig since March 25.
 

Total to airlift team to stricken North Sea rig this week

By Staff Reporter  AFP Global Edition
Apr 03, 2012 12:47 EDT
Energy giant Total said it will send a team of experts by helicopter to a stricken North Sea gas platform on Wednesday or Thursday to assess how to stop a potentially explosive gas leak.
 

Total to airlift team to North Sea rig this week

By Staff Reporter  AFP European Edition
Apr 03, 2012 11:07 EDT
Energy giant Total said it will send a team of experts by helicopter to a stricken North Sea gas platform on Wednesday or Thursday to assess how to stop a potentially explosive gas leak there.
 
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