Montara conveyor platform
The Montara production platform was an oil rig east of the Ashmore and Cartier Islands in the Timor Sea, northwest of Australia , operated by PTTEP Australasia, a subsidiary of the Thai PTT Public Company .
Disaster 2009
After a fire, around 4,000 tons of crude oil flowed into the sea over a period of 74 days from August 21, 2009, and the oil spill reached an area of 25,000 square kilometers. A total of 180,000 liters of dispersants ( Corexit and Slickgone ) were sprayed onto the oil spill .
The operator decided to sink a relief well, but the platform caught fire. On November 3rd, the oil spill was finally stopped by introducing heavy spar mud into the borehole.
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ PTTEP attempts to bring the Montara leak under control . ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. August 24, 2009
- ↑ Ute Kehse: South Seas in Oil. For months, the drilling platform burned off Australia, millions of liters of petroleum leaked, coral reefs are threatened . In: Berliner Zeitung , November 16, 2009
- ^ The Montara oil spill . Australian Lawyers Alliance
- ↑ Transcript of Skytruth's John Amos to Senate on Offshore Oil Drilling. November 19, 2009
Coordinates: 12 ° 45 ′ 48.9 ″ S , 124 ° 30 ′ 9.2 ″ E