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Cormorant Alpha leak shuts down up to 27 UK oil fields [View all]
Source: BBC News
A pipeline system servicing up to 27 oil fields has been shut down after a leak on the Cormorant Alpha platform, north-east of Shetland.
The fields affected, and another eight associated platforms, produce up to 6% of the UK's oil and gas output.
Hydrocarbons were detected inside a leg of the Cormorant Alpha platform.
Its operator, Taqa Bratani, has removed non-essential workers as a precaution and said the leak had been contained.
Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-21038303
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