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Inquiry into Montara oil spill launched
Sydney :: Australia | 24 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 | 25 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 | 26 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 | 28 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 | 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
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
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
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