Leaking Timor Sea oil rig catches fire
Posted: 1 November 2009
The West Atlas mobile offshore drilling unit and PTTEPA's Montara wellhead platform are on fire.
All personnel on the nearby West Triton is located 2 kilometres from the West Atlas and is not affected by the fire at this time.
The West Triton was performing well kill operations on the leaking A1 well when the fire broke out.
Seadrill's urgency response team is working closely with PTTEPA. More information will be released as the situation develops.
The West Atlas and West Triton are owned by a Seadrill subsidiary and are contracted to PTTEPA for operations on the Montara field.
Posted by Richard Price, Editor, EnergyME.com
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