Total 's Elgin platform in the North Sea began leaking gas on Monday . Currently , about 200,000 cubic meters of gas a day are leaking into the water . Two methods are being considered to stop it : drilling relief wells and plugging it up . `` This is nothing on the scale of the Gulf spill two years ago , '' oceanographer Simon Boxall said . A Scottish spokesman said the environmental damage appears to be minimal .
Total 's Elgin platform in the North Sea began leaking gas on Monday . Currently , about 200,000 cubic meters of gas a day are leaking into the water . Two methods are being considered to stop it : drilling relief wells and plugging it up . A Scottish spokesman said the environmental damage appears to be minimal .