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The West Atlas Rig and Montara well head platform in the Timor Sea were severely damaged when fire broke out as emergency teams tried to block the well which had been leaking for ten weeks. A safety team, made up of three people, boarded the West Atlas...
Tags: Montara, Australia, Sydney, Montara California, Montara oil spill, Environment, Oil spills, Oil platform, Structural engineering, Disaster Accident
David Borthwick has been appointed to lead an inquiry into a major oil spill off the Western Australian coast. The oil began leaking on August 21 in the Montara field near the West Atlas oil rig, more than 200km north-west of WA's Kimberley coastline,...
Tags: oil spill, Western Australian, West Australian, oil rig, Australian Greens, Montara, West Atlas
An oil well which has been spewing hundreds of thousands of litres of oil into the Timor Sea has been plugged...The company says it pumped nearly 3,500 barrels of mud into a relief well to plug the leak. A fire on the platform, which stifled attempts...
Tags: Timor Sea, West Atlas, oil leaking, oil rig, Western Australia, Montara, atlas oil, Australasia, Australian Maritime Safety Authority, massive oil
A fire has broken out at an oil well that has been leaking in the Timor Sea for 10 weeks. Australasia says the West Atlas rig and Montara well head platform are on fire. All personnel on the nearby West Triton rig and on work vessels in the area are reported...
Tags: Timor Sea, West Atlas, atlas rig, leaking oil, Montara, Australasia, Australian Green Party, minister martin, Martin Ferguson, Western Australia
The report describes the results from a survey of marine life in the region of the Montara oil spill. The seven day survey was undertaken by a team of three marine biologists who studied the birds, marine reptiles and mammals in the area to identify impacts...
Tags: oil spill, Montara, immediate risk