Brussels, 28/03/2012 (Agence Europe) - Certain European Green party members and the ecological association Greenpeace are calling on the EU to adopt stricter rules in terms of the safety of offshore gas and oil platforms, following a gas leak on a rig belonging to the energy company Total in the North Sea.
Following the leak on 25 March, the British branch of Total ceased production of gas and oil on the North Sea Elgin-Franklin rig and set in place a maritime exclusion zone of two miles....