A case against oil major Shell is expected to call at Aberdeen Sheriff Court next week after it was charged following an investigation in a leak at a North Sea platform.
The incident involved the Gannet Alpha platform, 113 miles from Aberdeen, in 2011.
The case against the company is expected to include charges of oil pollution, pipeline safety and health and safety regulations.
The pipeline involved was around 91 metres below the surface.
A Shell spokesman said: “Shell UK is expecting the outcome of the Gannet prosecution on Tuesday 24th November. This follows the August 2011 oil spill from a subsea pipeline operated by Shell in the Gannet field in the Central North Sea.”
