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Handout picture of partially collapsed Montara well head platform and the West Atlas mobile offshore drilling unit smoldering in the Timor Sea
03 Nov 2009
Source: Reuters
 
The partially collapsed Montara well head platform and the West Atlas mobile offshore drilling unit smolders in the Timor Sea, about 250 km (155 miles) off the far north Kimberley coast of Western Australia state, after a leak was stopped and fire extinguished in this November 3, 2009 handout picture. A unit of top Thai energy firm PTTEP said on Tuesday it had stopped an oil leak and doused the main fire on the Montara and West Atlas oil rig which has been leaking for 10 weeks in the Timor Sea. QUALITY FROM SOURCE REUTERS/PTTEP/Handout (AUSTRALIA DISASTER ENVIRONMENT ENERGY BUSINESS) FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS
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The partially collapsed Montara well head platform and the West Atlas mobile offshore drilling unit smolders in the Timor Sea, about 250 km (155 miles) off the far north Kimberley coast ...


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