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LONDON — Royal Dutch Shell estimated Monday that 54,600 gallons of oil have spilled into the North Sea from an oil rig off Scotland’s eastern coast.
The Gannet Alpha oil rig, 112 miles east of the city of Aberdeen, is operated by Shell and co-owned by Shell and Esso, a subsidiary of the U.S. oil company Exxon Mobil.
Glen Cayley, technical director of Shell’s European exploration and production activities, called the spill “significant” given the amount of oil that generally spills into the North Sea.
Denver Post wire services
