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    STV News: North Sea Gas Leak "Could Have Caused Explosion," Says Safety Watchdog

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The UK's Health and Safety Executive has served Shell with an improvement notice over the Fulmar gas leak, which it says could have caused an explosion

by: Erica Mills

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STV News: North Sea Gas Leak "Could Have Caused Explosion," Says Safety Watchdog

Shell has been ordered to make improvements following an undersea gas leak which could have caused an offshore explosion.

The leak happened when a towline snagged on a pipe nearly 300ft below the Curlew floating production vessel in the North Sea.

Read the full article HERE.