Offshore Oil Drill Platforms Evacuated After Gas Leak

High-pressure gas leak from North Sea oil rig leads to evacuation, maritime exclusion zone

BBC News reports that gas leaking from Total's Elgin PUQ platform, about 150 miles off the coast of Scotland has led to the evacuation of workers and a  2-mile exclusion zone has been set up around it. Two more nearby platforns have also been evacuated.

Total E&P UK (TEP UK), which operates the platform, said it was taking "all possible measures" to try to identify the source and cause of the leak and to bring it under control.

It has been confirmed that there is a sheen on the water near the platform.