Posted by A HUGE oil spill in Western Australia is expected to continue for at least another week, according to Fairfax Newspapers this week.
Thai Oil company PTTEP were responsible for the spill and said it would take up to a week to stop the spill into Timor Sea.
Mike Allcorn from the Alert Well Control, said the efforts to stop the leak were “fantastic”.
But WWF’s ocean’s campaigner told Fairfax: ”Each day the leaks continue it’s adding to the risk and threat this toxic spill poses to precious marine life in this area.”
At the peak of the spill in September, satellite images showed oil had spread over 7000 square nautical miles, crossed into Indonesian waters and come close to the marine reserves of Ashmore and Cartier reefs.
Energy minister Martin Ferguson said the next attempt at fixing the leak would be this weekend.
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