International Energy Network News: British government and Shell oil company issued a communique on the 17th, respectively, saying that the crude oil spill occurred in the North Sea oil field last week has been controlled.

The U.K. Department of Energy and Climate Change said that Hugh Shaw, an official dispatched to the area of ​​investigation in the incident area, believes that the oil spill has been controlled. Both remote-controlled subsea monitoring tools and government-supplied monitoring aircraft have confirmed that the amount of oil leakage has substantially decreased. It is completely preventing the crude oil from continuing to leak. Shell British branch said that day that the amount of oil spill has dropped to less than one barrel a day.

This subsea oilfield, operated by Shell, is located about 180 kilometers east of the Scottish city of Aberdeen. The oil spill has been disclosed by the media since last week. Shell subsequently stated that it was a problem with the oil pipeline and measures have been taken to basically block the oil spill. However, the British media recently reported that a second oil spill point occurred due to a pressure relief valve problem. Shell company said in the latest communique that it is trying to close the valve safely to completely seal off the oil leakage.

Regarding the impact of the oil spill, the Ministry of Energy and Climate Change communique stated that the existing information indicates that the leaked crude oil will not reach the shore and will gradually dissipate naturally.