Total CEO: Elgin top-kill job starting in a few days

PARIS -- Operations will start in a few days to "kill" a leaking natural gas well that forced Total SA to abandon and power down its North Sea Elgin platform, Total's Chairman and Chief Executive Christophe de Margerie said Thursday.
The group is also simultaneously drilling two relief wells in case the top kill job doesn't work, he said.
Total has lost around $2.5 million a day from loss of revenue and the costs to address the leak since March 25, when the leak was detected.
The two sorts of operations are "under control," de Margerie also said.