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Inquiry into Montara oil spill launched
Sydney :: Australia | 26 days ago
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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
West Atlas oil leak plugged
Sydney :: Australia | 27 days ago
Credibility 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
Blaze Complicates Oil Leak Plug Efforts
A 10-week old leaking oil rig off the northwestern coast of Australia has caught fire complicating plugging efforts and steaming government officials. "Do I think this is acceptable? No, I don't," Prime Minister Kevin RuddKevin Rudd told Fairfax Radio...
Leaking oil rig ablaze in Timor sea
Jakarta :: Indonesia | 28 days ago
Credibility Australasia said no-one was injured and non-essential workers were evacuated after the fire broke out on the West Atlas rig and Montara wellhead platform yesterday. The blaze started when workers began pumping heavy mud into a leaking well casing. Australasia's...
Tags: West Atlas, oil rig, atlas rig, Timor Sea, Indonesian, heavy mud, Australasia, oil spill, Western Australia
Oil spills from drilling rig off Australia
Darwin :: Australia | 3 months ago
Credibility Oil spilled from a drilling rig 690 km west of the Australian city of Darwin Saturday as a cleanup operation was beginning to get underway. The Australian Maritime Oil Spill Centre said Hercules aircraft were expected to begin spraying 50,000 litres of...
Tags: West Australian, Australian Broadcasting Corp., oil slick, offshore drilling, oil leaking, northwest coast, oil rig, Darwin, west coast, West Atlas Offshore
Asylum-seeker boat intercepted off WA
Darwin :: Australia | 7 months ago
Credibility Initial indications are that there are 32 people aboard, all of whom are males, Home Affairs Bob Debus said. An operation coordinated by Border Protection Command led to the interception of the vessel approximately 47 nautical miles southwest of Barrow...
Tags: Australian Defence Force, asylum seekers, Western Australia, oil rig, Darwin, refugee status, Ashmore Reef, boat blast
N.L. chopper wreckage 'a huge pile of jagged, sharp metal'
Toronto :: Canada | 8 months ago
Credibility S, N.L. â Newfoundland and Labrador Premier Danny Williams on Thursday called for an investigation of the standards for the type of survival suits worn by the passengers and crew aboard the helicopters that ferry workers to the offshore oil rigs. The...
Tags: helicopter, crash, atlantic, oil rig
CHOPPER CRASH IN COLD SEAS OFF NEWFOUNDLAND
18 workers enroute to an offshore oil platform in Canada's cold Atlantic Ocean were tossed into fridgid waters this morning when their Cougar helicopter went down. Two were rescued from the sea and a life raft has been spotted by search & rescue...
Tags: atlantic, oil rig, helicopter, crash, canada
Moored boat sinks from Alaska rig; 14 evacuated
Kenai :: AK :: USA | 10 months ago
Credibility Alaska — A boat that was moored to an oil rig platform in Cook Inlet sank Thursday, prompting at least 14 people to evacuate from the rig. The Coast Guard said it received a mayday call early Thursday from the captain of the Monarch, an oil supply vessel.
Tags: boat sinks, rescue, oil rig, rig platform, Alaska, moored boat, Coast Guard, supply vessel, oil supply
Oil leak alert on offshore platform
London :: United Kingdom | about 1 year ago
Credibility An offshore rig was partially evacuated following reports of a oil leak. Emergency services received reports of a leak on the Heather Alpha platform just before 9am. Emergency services received reports of a leak on the Heather Alpha platform just before...
Tags: oil rig, heather alpha, coast guard, Shetland Islands, sea oil, North Sea, alpha platform
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