Leak from Gudrun Platform Highest Degree of Seriousness, Says Statoil

Statoil announced on Wednesday that the leak which occurred on the Gudrun platform in the North Sea is of the highest degree of seriousness.

“The condensate leak on Gudrun was serious with major incident potential,” Øystein Arvid Håland, senior vice president of safety and sustainability of Development and Production Norway, commented on Wednesday.

The Norwegian just completed investigation on the leak happened in the morning of 18 February 2015.

“When the leak occurred, the emergency response system functioned as intended” Bente Aleksandersen, senior vice president of the operations south cluster of Development and Production Norway, said. 

Statoil and Norway’s Prime Minister Erna Solberg officially opened the Gudrun platform in the North Sea - the first new Statoil-operated platform on the Norwegian continental shelf (NCS) since Kristin in 2005 - in August 2014. 

Also on Wednesday, another Norwegian company - Det norske - reported a dry well in the North Sea  in a licence operated by Talisman Energy Norge. 

On Tuesday, the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate published production figures for April. Preliminary data indicate production around 250 Mill. Sm3/day, almost 100 Mill. Sm3/day less than in March. 

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