‘Disaster movie’: fire breaks out on leaking oil rig – theage.com.au

‘Disaster movie’: fire breaks out on leaking oil rig

PETER KER – November 3, 2009 – The Age

Environmental groups say the oil leak spilling into the Timor Sea should be declared a national emergency, with one expert likening it to a ”disaster movie”.

The situation has worsened in the last 24 hours with a fire breaking out on the deck of the West Atlas rig and Montara well head platform, when the company responsible for its operation began to plug the rig’s leak below the sea bed with mud…

The Opposition says Prime Minister Kevin Rudd must step in and convene a national emergency taskforce on the rig which has been spewing oil into the Timor sea for the past 10 weeks.

The Australian Greens called for the resignation of Resources Minister Martin Ferguson over his handling of the oil leak…

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