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Fishermen to sue over Timor oil spill
Kupang :: Indonesia | about 20 hours ago
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Hundreds of fishermen and seaweed farmers are seeking compensation from the Federal Government and a Thai operator after the Montara oil spill in the Timor Sea. At least 500 million litres of oil from the Montara oil field spilled into the Timor Sea over...
Tags: Australian Army, Australian Maritime Safety Authority, Indonesian, oil spill, Timor Sea, compensation claim, Indonesia, Kupang, Fisheries, East Timor, Timor, Fishing, Island countries, Oil spills, Montara oil spill, Disaster Accident, Environment
Plugging oil well will take longer: MP
Sydney :: Australia | 8 days ago
Credibility Australasia's Montara well in the Timor Sea, more than 200km northwest of WA's Kimberley coastline, in mid-August. The leak was "killed" earlier this month when the well was injected with a heavy mud mixture, creating a temporary plug. Mr Ferguson said...
Tags: Australia, Sydney, Oil wells, Montara California, Wellhead, Timor Sea, Drilling rig, Disaster Accident, Petroleum production, Oilfield terminology, Oil platforms
West Atlas oil leak plugged
Sydney :: Australia | 21 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
Leaking oil rig ablaze in Timor sea
Jakarta :: Indonesia | 22 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
Timor Sea oil rig on fire
Sydney :: Australia | 23 days ago
Credibility 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
Second gas leak in Timor Sea
Sydney :: Australia | 26 days 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 response a 'continued failure'
Sydney :: Australia | about 1 month ago
Credibility Australasia, has been leaking oil into the Timor Sea for more than nine weeks. A fourth attempt to intercept the leak has been delayed numerous times and is now planned for Tuesday. The Opposition's spokesman for environment Greg Hunt says the Federal...
Tags: Timor Sea, half weeks, PTT Australasia Pty Ltd, Western Australia
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
Greens criticise oil spill response
Sydney :: Australia | about 1 month ago
Credibility A second attempt to plug a leak from the West Atlas oil rig, which has been spilling oil into the Timor Sea for about seven weeks, is due to begin today. Senator Ludlam says the response should have been quicker. "The job in front of us now is to make...
Tags: Timor Sea, Australasia, oil spill, West Atlas
Drilling begins to stem oil spill
Sydney :: Australia | 2 months ago
Credibility Crude oil and gas has been leaking from the Montara well into the Timor Sea for more than three weeks. A second drill rig arrived nearby on Thursday and will start drilling 2.6 kilometres into the sea bed today to intercept the leaking oil well and attempt...
Tags: West Atlas, Timor Sea, Australia, Sydney
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