West atlas oil rig spill

West Atlas Oil Rig. Svitsea engaged CMA Contracting (a Delta Group company) to coordinate an emergency response to the West Oil Rig disaster in the East Timor Sea – one of the largest oil spill disasters in Australia. Following a blowout from the wellhead platform and multiple attempts to cap the flow of oil, a fire broke out on THE oil spill in the ocean off the north-west coast of Australia has so far cost taxpayers $5.3 million, it was revealed in Senate estimates yesterday. Cost of West Atlas oil rig spillage hits $5.3m On August 21, 2009, the West Atlas rig owned by the Norwegian-Bermudan Seadrill and operated by Perth-based operation PTTEP Australasia Montara sprung a leak. For 74 days, gas and oil poured into

30 Dec 2019 claim from Indonesian farmers over the Montara oil spill. Montara rig off Western Australia on August 21, 2009, spewed oil and gas into the  This study analyses the adequacy of the Australian Offshore Marine Oil Spill Contingency Plan in responding to petroleum platform-sourced oil spills, in light of  Oil began to leak from Seadrill's West Atlas rig in the Timor Sea off the coast of Australia. All workers were evacuated, but the resulting oil slick spreads over  3 Jul 2017 The PTT Exploration and Production (PTTEP) company is a multinational oil and gas firm based in Bangkok, Thailand. The company was formed  3 Nov 2009 Oil spill from Montara Platform. Aerial photo of oil slicks emanating from the Montara platform in the Timor Sea off Western Australia. Offshore oil and gas exploration and development is focused in specific ABC News (2012) Indonesian fishermen want Montara oil spill investigated, Felicity. 18 Oct 2018 I was working as a journalist for The West Australian newspaper when the blowout on the Montara oil rig happened on August 21, 2009.

21 Aug 2019 Ten years ago on Wednesday an estimated 40 million litres of oil leaked from a faulty rig in the Montara field, in the Timor Sea, and for 10 

Oil began to leak from Seadrill's West Atlas rig in the Timor Sea off the coast of Australia. All workers were evacuated, but the resulting oil slick spreads over  3 Jul 2017 The PTT Exploration and Production (PTTEP) company is a multinational oil and gas firm based in Bangkok, Thailand. The company was formed  3 Nov 2009 Oil spill from Montara Platform. Aerial photo of oil slicks emanating from the Montara platform in the Timor Sea off Western Australia. Offshore oil and gas exploration and development is focused in specific ABC News (2012) Indonesian fishermen want Montara oil spill investigated, Felicity.

11 Apr 2017 [10] The Montara oil and gas field is located in the northern territory in the concession block AC/RL3 650km west of Darwin in the Timor Sea, off 

Oil began to leak from Seadrill's West Atlas rig in the Timor Sea off the coast of Australia. All workers were evacuated, but the resulting oil slick spreads over  3 Jul 2017 The PTT Exploration and Production (PTTEP) company is a multinational oil and gas firm based in Bangkok, Thailand. The company was formed  3 Nov 2009 Oil spill from Montara Platform. Aerial photo of oil slicks emanating from the Montara platform in the Timor Sea off Western Australia. Offshore oil and gas exploration and development is focused in specific ABC News (2012) Indonesian fishermen want Montara oil spill investigated, Felicity. 18 Oct 2018 I was working as a journalist for The West Australian newspaper when the blowout on the Montara oil rig happened on August 21, 2009. 31 Aug 2015 Back in 2009, the Montara oil spill spewed oil and gas into waters of the Timor Sea for 74 days. Millions of litres of oil polluted the ocean, 

ON FIRE: West Atlas drilling rig and the Montara wellhead platform The oil well which has caused a massive spill in the Timor Sea, off the north west coast of Australia, caught fire on Sunday PTTEP Australasia, a Thai-based energy company which operates the well, said the fire broke out as it made another attempt to plug the underwater leak.

23 Oct 2019 Montara is operated by PTTEP Australasia, a subsidiary of PTTEP, a Thai oil and gas exploration company. Local people have repeatedly called  22 Mar 2010 Up to 2,000 barrels of oil and gas spewed from the Montara well into the Timor Sea every day for 10 weeks from August 21 last year. The Montara incident was an oil and gas leak, and subsequent slick that took place in the Montara oil field in the Timor Sea, off the northern coast of Western  The rig and platform were immediately evacuated as oil, natural gas, and natural gas condensate spewed into the ocean from the uncontrolled well. This spill is  24 Nov 2010 Handout photo provided by PTTEP Australasia shows fire on the West Atlas drilling rig Image caption Engineers tried to stop the leak for 10  The Montara Commission of Inquiry reported on an oil and gas leak in the Montara oil field. The Australian Government published a report on the 

Largest Oil Platform Spill in Australia Threatening Marine Life. The West Atlas drill rig began spewing 400 barrels of oil a day into the Timor Sea on August 21st. A month later, the Australian Marine Conservation Society says the statistics paint a picture of a major ecological disaster in the making for Australia’s marine environment.

West Atlas - an oil rig located 690 kilometres west of Darwin, 250 kilometres off the far north Kimberley coast and 150 kilometres south-east of Ashm. ore Reef. more: The spill, which is eight nautical miles long and 30 metres wide, began early on Friday, forcing the evacuation of 69 workers to Darwin. The company responsible for the rig,

Largest Oil Platform Spill in Australia Threatening Marine Life. The West Atlas drill rig began spewing 400 barrels of oil a day into the Timor Sea on August 21st. A month later, the Australian Marine Conservation Society says the statistics paint a picture of a major ecological disaster in the making for Australia’s marine environment. On 21 August 2009, West Atlas oil rig owned and operated by Thai company PTTEP Australasia drilling in the Montara oil field offshore 200km from Broome, a West Australian town famous for its pearling and tourist industry, suffered a failure. West Atlas - an oil rig located 690 kilometres west of Darwin, 250 kilometres off the far north Kimberley coast and 150 kilometres south-east of Ashm. ore Reef. more: The spill, which is eight nautical miles long and 30 metres wide, began early on Friday, forcing the evacuation of 69 workers to Darwin. The company responsible for the rig, On August 21, 2009, a well on the Montara offshore oil platform blew out as a new well was being drilled on the platform by the West Atlas mobile drilling rig. The rig and platform were immediately evacuated as oil, natural gas, and natural gas condensate spewed into the ocean from the uncontrolled well.