The UK North Sea Brent pipeline system may have to close briefly during repairs to the legs of the Cormorant Alpha platform, the Abu Dhabi based operating company said on Monday.
Workers have been evacuated from a North Sea oil platform after a second oil leak was discovered.
Workers have been evacuated from a North Sea oil platform after a second oil leak was discovered.
Production at nine major North Sea platforms was halted last night afteran oil leak shut one of the UK's most important pipelines.
The closure of the Brent pipeline system had little impact on the price of oil yesterday afternoon.
North Sea operator Taqa Bratani has said non-essential staff are being flown off its Cormorant Alpha platform after an oil leak was found.
On September 1, Taqa Bratani assumed operatorship of the UK's Brent pipeline system in the East Shetland Basin. The news appeared to come from out of the blue even though it was apparently never a secret that Shell had resigned as network operator in July 2008.
Sterling Resources has taken over operatorship of the Sheryl oil discovery in the central North Sea from Oilexco North Sea (ONS), which went into administration in early January.