“Several discussions between workers and Total technical authorities happened throughout the preceding weeks, up to and including a few hours before the event,” he said.Ī Total spokeswoman declined to make immediate comment. “The workforce were repeatedly told that a failure in Annulus C (the pipe casing) could not happen and even if it did, a design feature would prevent a gas leak,” Molloy, head of the RMT union’s offshore oil and gas workers section, said. Safety concerns among the 238 workers aboard were then raised but repeatedly ignored, union representative Jake Molloy told Reuters. REUTERS/Total/Handoutįrench energy company Total, the platform’s operator, said it had detected the first signs of trouble a month before Sunday’s leak erupted as pressure rose in a well that had been capped a year earlier. Total's Elgin platform in the North Sea, about 150 miles off the coast of Aberdeen, is seen in this undated photograph received in London on March 28, 2012.
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