UK Government environmental standards among ‘highest in the world’ after accusations it neglected methane leak off Peterhead coast
ByHamish Penman
The UK Government has said its environmental standards are “among the highest in the world” after allegations it has neglected a methane leak for 20 years.
Greenpeace released a report earlier this month claiming it had found two gas-emitting craters in the North Sea, around 200km east of Peterhead.
The environmental group said they were caused by Stena Drilling, acting on behalf of Mobil North Sea, now Exxon Mobil, in 1990 when the firm “accidentally tapped a gas pocket”.