Another leak in the Timor SeaAnother environmental disaster has hit the Timor Sea, with gas leaking from the Puffin oil field, about 50km from the West Atlas rig that continues to discharge oil.
Timor Sea
Will Timor Sea oil slick be curtains for bluefin tuna?
The already-devastated Southern bluefin tuna population could be sunk for good by the recent Montara oil spill.
Our quietly spreading Exxon Valdez in the Timor Sea
A WWF trip to study the Timor Sea oil slick has found a disaster of disturbing proportions. Gilly Llewellyn and Bob Gosford write.
Australia’s shame: the Timor Sea oil spill
The Timor Sea oil leak is a disaster of not only local, but regional and international proportions, says Bob Gosford. So why has this marine catastrophe barely registered on the Australian radar?
PHOTO GALLERY: Timor Sea oil spill
Shocking photos from a WWF visit research trip to survey the damage caused by a recent oil leak in the Timor Sea, an area containing some of the most iconic and threatened species in the ocean.
Never mind the oil slick, what about the detergent?
About three million litres of oil have been spilt in the Timor Sea but the 100,000 litres of detergent that the Australian Maritime Safety Authority threw at it don’t appear to have fixed it, writes Glen Fergus.
