Shell hails "good progress" tackling North Sea leak

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Latest update confirms company close to finalising plan to cap leak

Shell has provided its most detailed update yet on its efforts to plug the leaking pipeline that has caused the largest North Sea oil spill in a decade, insisting that it is making "good progress" in its...

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