The oil giant Total says it may take six months to stop a gas leak on the abandoned Elgin rig in the North Sea off Scotland.<br /><br />Engineers are looking at two options: drilling a relief well or a faster but riskier method.<br /><br />A cloud of gas surrounds the platform which lies 240 kilometres east of Aberdeen and accounts for more than five per cent of Britain's total oil production.<br />http://www.euronews.net/
