THE oil leaking from a stricken rig off Western Australia has emerged as the nation's third-biggest spill after the company responsible for the disaster admitted up to 400 barrels a day had flowed Workers rescued after oil rig 'leak'. DOZENS of workers had to be rescued after a gas and oil rig ran into trouble in the Timor Sea, 250km north west of Truscott in the far north of Western Australia. The extent of oil spill from the rig is not yet known. Stockpiles of oil dispersing chemicals are being flown from Victoria to the Western Australian coast where crude oil and gas continues to leak from an offshore rig. The Montara oil spill 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 Australia. It is considered one of Australia's worst oil disasters. Equinor has proposed to drill a deepwater oil well 370km offshore to a depth of more than two kilometres in search of oil. But a recent poll showed seven out of ten South Australian voters are against drilling in the Bight. And hundreds of people recently gathered on an Adelaide beach in protest.
Sixty-nine workers were safely evacuated from the West Atlas jackup drilling rig when the blowout occurred. The Australian 27 Aug 2019 oil spill happened on 21 August 2009 on the PTTEP-owned Montara wellhead platform in the Timor Sea, offshore Western Australia (WA). 17 May 2017 Offshore oil and gas regulator says there was a 10500-litre spill in April the information, revealing only that it was in the North West Shelf. The discharge of oil and gas was stopped on 3 November 2009. the emergency spill response in accordance with Australia's National Plan to For more information on the region visit www.environment.gov.au/coasts/mbp/north- west
17 May 2017 Offshore oil and gas regulator says there was a 10500-litre spill in April the information, revealing only that it was in the North West Shelf. The discharge of oil and gas was stopped on 3 November 2009. the emergency spill response in accordance with Australia's National Plan to For more information on the region visit www.environment.gov.au/coasts/mbp/north- west 23 Oct 2009 Montara Oil rig leak fuel into the Timor Sea which is located about 250 kilometres off the Kimberley region of the West Australian coast line. 23 Oct 2009 The latest attempt to plug an oil well that has been leaking for more than two months in more than 200km off Western Australia's northwest coast, on August 21. "The drilling team on board the West Triton rig will deploy the 23 Aug 2009 The incident occurred at the West Atlas mobile offshore drilling unit, 250 kilometres north of Truscott, and 690 kilometres west of Darwin, last 22 Mar 2010 In February 2009, a West Atlas rig began drilling the well hundreds of kilometres off the Kimberley coast. The Thai-based owner of the well, MNZ was asked to assist the Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) in responding to an offshore blowout at the Montara well platform in the Timor Sea. well is located between the Indonesian island of Pulau Roti and Western Australia.
Stockpiles of oil dispersing chemicals are being flown from Victoria to the Western Australian coast where crude oil and gas continues to leak from an offshore rig. The Montara oil spill 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 Australia. It is considered one of Australia's worst oil disasters. Equinor has proposed to drill a deepwater oil well 370km offshore to a depth of more than two kilometres in search of oil. But a recent poll showed seven out of ten South Australian voters are against drilling in the Bight. And hundreds of people recently gathered on an Adelaide beach in protest. To complicate matters, fire broke out yesterday on the oil rig, which has been leaking oil into the Timor Sea for 10 weeks. Oil field operator PTTEP Australasia said the West Atlas rig and Montara well-head platform were on fire. No one on board the rig was reported injured and all non-essential workers were being evacuated. A Pipleine project at Between Double Island and Victoria oil production platforms north of, Onslow, WA 6710 in the Mining (Offshore - oil & gas). Installation and stabilisation of approximately 7 km of 8inch and 4 inch pipelines between the Double Island and Victoris oil production platforms, adding to the subsea network feeding oil to the hub at Varanus Island. Adair, already a pioneer in fighting oil disasters when he arrived in Australia, went onto bigger disasters and greater fame in the North Sea and the Middle East.
22 Mar 2010 In February 2009, a West Atlas rig began drilling the well hundreds of kilometres off the Kimberley coast. The Thai-based owner of the well, MNZ was asked to assist the Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) in responding to an offshore blowout at the Montara well platform in the Timor Sea. well is located between the Indonesian island of Pulau Roti and Western Australia. 6 Apr 2018 BP, which has since withdrawn the drilling plan, also told a federal of coastline, anywhere from Western Australia to Tasmania and NSW”. 20 Aug 2019 At the time, the rig was located approximately 250 km north-west of the Two- year legal fight reveals oil industry's Great Australian Bight spill