An estimated 160,000 litres of oily/water mix and more than six tons of contaminated beach/soil material and contaminated PPE have now been recovered following the Perenco pipeline oil leak under Ower Bay in Poole, Dorset. CONTAINMENT Poole Harbour Commissioners are leading the clean-up operation from the major incident on 26 March involving approximately 200 barrels […]
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PHC recovers 5t contaminated materials from oil leak
An estimated 140,000 litres of oily-water mix and more than five tons of contaminated beach/soil material and contaminated materials have been recovered from the spillage from the Perenco-operated pipeline under Ower Bay in Poole. OPERATIONS Poole Harbour Commissioners (PHC), leading the clean-up operations, added that a cofferdam at the leakage site had been constructed, the […]
100,000L oil-water recovered from Perenco leak
An estimated 100,000 litres of oily-water mix has now been recovered from the Perenco oil pipeline leak of reservoir fluids under Ower Bay, Poole Harbour in Dorset. CONTAINMENT Poole Harbour Commissioners (PHC), which is leading the clean-up operation, added that a cofferdam had now been constructed and excavation of the oil pipe was due to […]
PHC recovers 31,000L liquid from Perenco oil leak
A total of 31,000 litres of liquid were recovered overnight and “good progress” is being made after reservoir fluids leaked five days ago from a Perenco-operated oil pipeline under Ower Bay in Dorset. SURVEILLANCE Poole Harbour Commissioners (PHC) is leading the operations following the spillage of 200 barrels of liquid. The French oil and gas […]
PHC continues restoration from Perenco spillage
Poole Harbour Commissioners (PHC) has continued its intensive clean-up and assessment following the leak of 200 barrels of reservoir fluids spilling from a Perenco-operated pipeline in Dorset. OIL SIGHTINGS The leak under Ower Bay on 26 March resulted in more than 100 people involved in PHC’s operations with helicopters, drones, vessels and shore patrols gathering […]