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Second gas leak in Timor Sea

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The Northern Territory Government says a small amount of non-harmful gas has escaped from the Puffin oil field, which is operated by Chinese oil and gas company, Sinopec. The leak was discovered early last month as part of a routine inspection. The Puffin field lies about 50 kilometres north west of...

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Gas company told to come clean on leak

News Source: Australian Broadcasting Corporation | 29 days ago

It has been revealed that gas has been leaking from the Puffin oil field for about eight weeks. This comes on top of a leak in the West Atlas oil well, just 50 nautical miles south-east of Puffin, which has been leaking an estimated 400 barrels of...
Two more weeks to plug Timor Sea spill

News Source: The Australian | 29 days ago

Mike Allcorn, who tackled the Kuwaiti wells set alight by Saddam Hussein's troops in 1991, says the delays to plug the West Atlas spill have been frustrating. And he estimates it could be a further two weeks before his team can stop the oil spill in...
Australia oil spill containment weeks off

News Source: United Press International | 29 days ago

An oil spill in the Timor Sea off Australia may take weeks to contain, and could be heading toward a whale breeding area, officials and environmentalists say. Engineers are making a fourth attempt to plug the leak on the damaged West Atlas rig that...
Oil spill still too slick for clean-up efforts

News Source: Sydney Morning Herald | 29 days ago

West Australian coast is likely to continue for at least a week, the company responsible said yesterday, after a technical setback forced it to review how long it would take to shut the well that is leaking in the Timor Sea...Instead the operation...
Second gas leak in Timor Sea

News Source: Australian Broadcasting Corporation | 29 days ago

The Northern Territory Government says a small amount of non-harmful gas has escaped from the Puffin oil field, which is operated by Chinese oil and gas company, Sinopec. The leak was discovered early last month as part of a routine inspection. The...
Gas leak reported in Timor Sea

News Source: The Courier-Mail | 29 days ago

Timor Sea, this time at the Puffin field operated by Chinese energy giant Sinopec, according to reports. A "minor gas leak" was detected from a junction where pipelines are connected to a floating production vessel, during a routine underwater...