Thursday, March 1, 2012

FED:Montara decision sends wrong signal: WWF


AAP General News (Australia)
02-04-2011
FED:Montara decision sends wrong signal: WWF

By Andrea Hayward and Ed Logue

CANBERRA, Feb 4 AAP - A decision to allow a Thai company behind Australia's worst oil
spill to continue operating locally sends the wrong signal to oil companies, environmentalists
say.

Resources Minister Martin Ferguson on Friday announced that Thai government-owned company
PTTEP Australasia would be subject to a rigorous government monitoring program.

A commission of inquiry found PTTEP had not used sensible oilfield practices, which
led to its Montara wellhead, off Western Australia's northwest coast, …

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