The FINANCIAL — Royal Dutch Shell PLC will start planned maintenance work on its Shearwater platform in the North Sea in the near future, a company spokesman told Dow Jones Newswires Monday.
The company initially brought the maintenance work forward last week after a serious gas leak at Total SA's nearby Elgin field forced it to partially evacuate staff and suspend operations at Shearwater and the neighboring Noble Hans Deul drilling rig, by Borsa Italiana – London Stock Exchange Group .
"The maintenance has not begun yet…we are taking precautionary measures to ensure the safety of our staff," the spokesman said.
Shearwater produces around 50,000 barrels of oil equivalent a day.
