"Royal Dutch Shell said an oil leak from a ruptured pipeline into the North Sea was slowing but refused to say how much oil has already leaked into the sea."
"Oil from the Anglo-Dutch oil major's pipeline has been spilling into the sea since last Wednesday but the rate of flow has been reducing since the company shut off the well the same day.
A spokesman for Shell on Monday declined to comment on how much oil has leaked, although Alex Salmond, leader of the Scottish regional government, told the BBC on Saturday that around 100 tonnes of oil or about 750 barrels had spilled.
That compares with almost 5 million barrels which gushed into the Gulf of Mexico from BP's blighted Macondo well last year."
Sarah Young reports for Reuters August 16, 2011.
SEE ALSO:
"After North Sea Oil Spill, Shell Plans To Continue Arctic Drilling" (Grist)
"Shell silent on North Sea oil pipeline leak" (AFP)
"Shell Spills 200 Tons of Oil in the North Sea" (ENS)
"Shell Says North Sea Oil Pipeline Still Leaking" (Reuters)
"Shell says North Sea Oil Spill Is 'Significant'" (Independent)
"North Sea Oil Spill 'Worst for a Decade'" (Guardian)
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