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Inquiry into Montara oil spill launched
Sydney :: Australia | about 1 month 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
Oil spill cleanup continues on Alameda shore
Alameda :: CA :: USA | about 1 month ago
Credibility Cleanup crews and volunteers picked up globules of sandy tar and chased down oily birds on an Alameda beach Monday, three days after a refueling mishap caused as much as 800 gallons of bunker fuel to spill into San Francisco Bay. Images More Bay Area...
Tags: Alameda, oil spill, spill cleanup
China cleans oil spill from freighter
Thiruvananthapuram :: India | about 1 month ago
Credibility Thirty-seven people on board, including a two-year-old boy, were rescued. The freighter was damaged in the accident and fuel began to spill shortly afterwards...Xinhua news agency quoted the maritime bureau as saying that 30 cleaners aboard four vessels...
Cleanup ongoing for San Francisco Bay oil spill
Alameda :: CA :: USA | about 1 month ago
Credibility Calif. — Cleanup crews are still sopping up fuel that washed up on Alameda County beaches after last week's oil spill in San Francisco Bay. Coast Guard officials say 400 to 800 gallons of oil spilled onto the deck of the Panamanian-flagged Dubai Star...
Tags: oil spill, San Francisco Bay, cleanup crews, Alameda County
Leaking oil rig ablaze in Timor sea
Jakarta :: Indonesia | about 1 month 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
Crews focusing on Alameda shore in oil cleanup
Alameda :: CA :: USA | about 1 month ago
Credibility Work crews are focusing their efforts on the Alameda shoreline as the cleanup from an oil spill in San Francisco Bay continues. Coast Guard officials say 18 vessels have been pressed into service after fuel oil from the Panamanian-flagged Dubai Star leaked...
Tags: Coast Guard, oil spill, Alameda, San Francisco Bay, Bay Farm Island
Montara oil spill report
Sydney :: Australia | about 1 month ago
Credibility 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
Second gas leak in Timor Sea
Sydney :: Australia | about 1 month ago
Credibility 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...
Tags: Timor Sea, Puffin, Sinopec Australia, oil spill, West Atlas, Western Australia, gas leaking
Oil spill clean-up company pleased with progress
Sydney :: Australia | about 1 month ago
Credibility Australasia has been criticised for failing to control the spill more quickly. But Alert Disaster Control's Managing Director Mike Allcorn says given the huge technical challenges of intercepting and plugging the leaking well, the emergency response is...
Tags: oil spill
Oil spill 'contaminating Timor Sea'
Darwin :: Australia | about 1 month ago
Credibility Australian oil spill 'contaminating one of world's richest marine wildernesses' WWF expedition into Timor Sea finds dolphins, sea birds, turtles and other marine wildlife at risk in oil spill that began in August The Montara oil rig as it leaks fuel...
Tags: oil spill, Western Australia, West Australia, Australian, Timor Sea, sea birds, toxic oil, marine life
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