Total Fights Leak as North Sea Rigs Evacuated on Blast Risk
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Total SA’s Elgin platform leaked gas for a third day in the U.K. North Sea as neighboring rigs were evacuated to guard against the risk of an explosion.
Total dropped the most since 2008 after France’s largest oil producer said an emergency well may be needed to stem the leak, an operation that would take at least six months. Royal Dutch Shell Plc shut down the neighboring Shearwater field after a two-mile exclusion zone was declared.