Topic: Timor Sea

BHP Billiton PLC is putting together a $49.14 billion plan to take over Woodside Petroleum Ltd. , according to reports Sunday in Australian and...

Indonesia to seek compensation over Timor Sea oil spill

JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia will seek compensation from a company operating a Timor Sea oil rig that last year leaked into Australian and Indonesian waters and caught ablaze, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said on Thursday.The West Atlas rig -- located off the Western ...
How do you stop a leaking oil well nearly two kilometers beneath the surface of the Gulf of Mexico? BP itself gives the operation a roughly 60 percent chance of working and hopes to undertake it on May 26.. This is the ...
Australian scientists have discovered a crater deep beneath the Timor Sea made during a heavy meteor storm which may have altered the Earth's climate, the lead researcher said Thursday.Australian National University archaeologist Andrew Glikson said seismic activity led experts to ...

The god that failed in the Gulf

The WaPo's Joel Achenbach on where our worship of the false god of Technology can lead us: A blowout last August in the Timor Sea had some similarities, but it was in much shallower water. Capping the unsealed well, said Coast ...
Australia launches investigation into Timor Sea oil spill to determine its cause, effectsAustralia launched an investigation Thursday into an oil rig leak that dumped thousands of barrels of fuel into the Timor Sea over more than two months before being plugged this ...
Monitoring the clean-up of a huge oil spill in pristine Australian waters could take as long as seven years, an official said Wednesday as environmentalists urged a wide-ranging inquiry into the disaster.As many as 28,000 barrels of oil have gushed ...

Australian oil spill well on fire: company

An oil rig which has been leaking thousands of barrels of oil into the Timor Sea off Australia's northwest coast for more than two months was on fire Sunday, the company said. "PTTEP Australasia reports the West Atlas rig and Montara ...

Timor Sea

Timor Sea, arm of the Indian Ocean, lying southeast of the island of Timor, Indonesia, and northwest of Australia. The Timor Sea is the site of an important oil field..

Energy junior awarded Aussie permit

Covers a 3,485 square kilometer offshore blockBengal Energy (TSX: T.BNG, Stock Forum), after Tuesdays closing bell, said it has been awarded a 100% working interest in Exploration Permit AC/P47, a 3,485 square kilometer offshore block located in the ...