Oil rigs and oil spills

Oil rig bursts into flames after massive spill (The Times)
Fire on Australian oil rig delays plans to stop leak into Timor Sea (Guardian)
Australia oil well leak ‘plugged’ (BBC)
The Australian government is investigating the operator of the West Atlas oil rig, PTTEP to see if it caused the disaster.

Exploration and Production in the Marine Environment (Australian policy)
Workshop on oil spill response (Ghanaian Government)

see also:
How Oil Drilling Works
Oil Platform (Wikipedia)
HSE : Offshore Oil and Gas Resources

Tags: environmental damage, offshore, petroleum

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