More than 200 tonnes of oil spilled from Gannet Alpha. Prosecutors will now decide whether Shell should face criminal proceedings.
Aberdeen Evening Express
Published: 30/09/2013
AN OIL giant could face criminal charges over the worst spill in the North Sea for more than a decade.
A leak in a pipeline saw more than 200 tonnes of light crude oil spew from the Gannet Alpha, 112 miles east of Aberdeen.
Shell was accused of playing down the spill after it estimated 120 barrels had been spilled.
The firm later revised its figure to 1,300 barrels.
The UK Government’s Department for Energy and Climate Change has now completed its probe into the incident and handed its report to the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service.
Prosecutors will now decide whether Shell should face criminal proceedings.
