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Dolphins exposed to Timor Sea oil spill: WWF
Sydney :: Australia | 2 months ago
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The environment group WWF says dolphins and other marine animals are swimming around in oil leaking from a rig off the north-west Australian coast. Oil has been leaking from the West Atlas oil rig in the Timor Sea since at least August 21.
Tags: West Australian, oil spill, WWF, marine life
Timor oil spill killing birds
Sydney :: Australia | 2 months ago
Credibility The spill in the Montaro Basin, off Western Australia's Kimberley coast, has been flowing for more than three weeks and at least 1,200 tonnes of oil has spilled into the sea. A Western Australian environment group says fishermen are starting to bring...
OIL SPILL TRAINING — Coast Guard holding response training exercise
Pag :: Croatia | 2 months ago
Credibility Marlon Heron, chief of the Contingency Planning Department at U.S.
Tags: oil spill
Aboitiz vows assistance for ferry survivors
Manila :: Philippines | 2 months ago
Credibility Philippines-The Aboitiz Transport System (ATS) on Sunday vowed assistance to rescued passengers and crew of the sunken SuperFerry9, adding rescue operations were still ongoing. "Rescue vessels are within the vicinity" of the area off the Zamboanga peninsula...
Tags: Philippines-The Aboitiz Transport System, Zamboanga Peninsula, Zamboanga City, Zamboanga peninsula, Philippine Coast Guard, oil spill, confirmed dead, ferry sinking
Woodside offer rejected by oil spill company
Sydney :: Australia | 2 months ago
Credibility Australasia a rig to cap the oil leaking from the West Atlas Rig. The Federal Opposition and the Greens have called on the government to force the company to take up the offer. However the Resources Minister Martin Ferguson says for safety reasons, the...
Tags: West Atlas Rig, oil spill, Greens party, Martin Ferguson
Oil slick spreads 'horizon to horizon'
Canberra :: Australia | 3 months ago
Credibility Friday it does not know how much oil has leaked from a wellhead into the sea off West Australia. Rachel Stewart, a senator from the Green Party, said after flying over the area that the oil slick is "far bigger than we have been told and closer to the...
Tags: Timor Sea, oil slick, oil spill, Greens, West Atlas
Woodside offers oil spill assistance
Sydney :: Australia | 3 months ago
Credibility Oil has been leaking from the West Atlas drill site since Friday and the slick now stretches more than 30 kilometres. The cause of the leak is not known and is expected to continue for several weeks. Woodside's chief executive Don Voelte says he contacted...
Tags: Timor Sea, Australian Maritime Safety Authority, West Atlas, Gorgon, oil spill
Brown slams 'mish-mash' oil spill response
Sydney :: Australia | 3 months ago
Credibility Greens leader Bob Brown has called for a judicial inquiry into the oil spill off Australia's north-west coast. The leak of oil and gas from the West Atlas drilling rig in the Timor Sea started early on Friday morning and is now expected to continue for...
Tags: oil spill, Australian Greens, Western Australia, West Atlas, Timor Sea, oil slick, west coast, drilling rig
Oil spill still leaking off WA
Darwin :: Australia | 3 months ago
Credibility West Atlas, which is located about 250km off the far north Kimberley coast in Western Australia and 150km southeast of the Ashmore Reef...West Atlas can be safely reboarded and begun to be restored to working order," it said. Tracey Jiggins said a Hercules...
Tags: Western Australia, oil spill, West Atlas Offshore, offshore drilling, Darwin, drilling rig, Truscott, far north, mobile offshore, Timor Sea
Ship operator pleads guilty in SF Bay oil spill
San Francisco :: CA :: USA | 3 months ago
Credibility The Hong Kong-based company that operates the cargo ship that caused a 2007 oil spill in San Francisco Bay has pleaded guilty to criminal charges. Fleet Management Ltd. pleaded guilty to charges of obstruction, making false statements and negligent discharge...
Tags: pleads guilty, oil spill
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