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Biodiversity Survey of the Montara Field Oil Leak

On August 21, 2009, the Montara H1 production well, located on the Montara Wellhead Platform (WHP) suffered a dramatic well-control accident. The well is installed in License Area AC/L7, 200 kilometres off Western Australia’s Kimberley coast.

Full report here

Oil spill database information here

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