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Article: Timor Sea oil leak stopped at last.
- Article from:
- Australasian Business Intelligence
- Article date:
- November 3, 2009
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Byline: Nicolas Perpitch
Nov 03, 2009 (The Australian - ABIX via COMTEX) -- The Australian Government is to launch an official inquiry into an oil leak at a drilling platform offshore Western Australia. The emergency at the "West Atlas" rig in the Timor Sea, operated by PTTEP Australasia, had been continuing for 10 weeks before an attempt to plug the well was finally successful on 3 November 2009. During the final days of the operation there had also been a massive fire at ...