Leaking Timor Sea well is "plugged;" fire is diminished
PTTEP Australia says a leak at the West Atlas oil rig in the Timor Sea between Australia and Indonesia has been halted after 10 weeks and five attempts to stop it. A fire that broke out during Sunday's attempt to plug the leak is nearly extinguished.
BBC | 11/03
This story published in API SmartBrief on 11/03/2009
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