Oil giant Shell is preparing to remove a World War II mine threatening one of the UK’s most important gas pipelines.
Ryan Crighton
Aberdeen Press and Journal
June 18, 2012
Oil giant Shell is preparing to remove a World War II mine threatening one of the UK’s most important gas pipelines.
A subsea bomb squad is planning an attempt to reach the device, which lies in the North Sea 62 miles off St Fergus, in August.
The mine has been monitored by the firm with independent professional input since it was first found in 1993 and is said to be stable.
But it lies beneath a pipeline responsible for 5% of the UK’s daily gas supply.