LONDON (Reuters) - French oil major Total is flying a team of crisis engineers to inspect its leaking North Sea Elgin gas platform with a view to eventually plugging the well, it said on Thursday.
"Total confirms that a helicopter took off from Aberdeen at 10:30am (0930 GMT) today with the objective of landing on the Elgin PUQ (Process, Utilities, Quarters) to allow a specialized team to perform a reconnaissance mission of the Elgin wellhead platform and the G4 well, if it is safe to do so," a spokesman said.
The crew of eight aboard the helicopter is a mix of Total and Houston-based Wild Well Control staff.
(Reporting by Oleg Vukmanovic; editing by James Jukwey)
