Great australian bight oil spill modelling
Sydney, Australia – A leaked document from oil company Equinor, obtained by Greenpeace Australia Pacific, reveals previously unreleased oil spill modelling that shows an oil spill in the Great Australian Bight could reach even farther north than Sydney and surrounding beaches, coating thousands of kilometres of Australian coastline as well as the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area. Modelling shows the catastrophic impact of an oil spill in the Great Australian Bight. BP wants to drill for oil off the Australian coast but new research shows even a tiny incident would be The Great Australian Bight Research Program has generated extensive new knowledge about the Great Australian Bight (GAB) system. Integrating disparate datasets (including old and new knowledge) is a challenge for any location, but is increasingly important given the expansion of the marine industries constituting the blue economy. Equinor has vowed it won’t go ahead with drilling in the Great Australian Bight unless it can be done safely — but its own documents show that safe drilling in the Bight is a myth. The waters of the Bight are wild and stormy, and the proposed drill site is twice as far underwater as the Deepwater Horizon well — all factors that make oil drilling in the Bight extra risky. The Great Australian Bight supports an abundance of life. It's a vital nursery for the protected southern right whale, home to endangered sea lions and more than 36 species of dolphins and whales. Over 85 per cent of the animals and plants found in the Bight are found nowhere else on earth.
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21 Feb 2019 This modelling was derived from 100 oil spill simulations. The Tasmanian Abalone Council by statement said it had taken note of modelling on 4 Mar 2019 Wilderness Society South Australia Director Peter Owen said: “Equinor's modelling shows that an oil spill from an ultra-deepwater well blowout 24 Dec 2019 The Great Australian Bight is a pristine natural wilderness area, home to Oil spill modelling shows that their nursery would not be safe from a 28 Jun 2019 “Oil drilling in the Great Australian Bight is so toxic that Australia's two major “ Equinor's oil spill modelling revealed that an oil spill from an 24 May 2019 According to the plan's modelling for the worst-case scenario, oil from a spill could reach from Albany in Western Australia all the way up to Port 4 Nov 2018 OIL could begin washing up on the coast of South Australia within nine days of a major spill in the Great Australian Bight, modelling shows.
27 Jun 2019 Equinor modelling showing planning for how an oil spill could spread. Mall to denounce Equinor's plans to drill in the Great Australian Bight.
14 Nov 2018 So it was no surprise that only a select few had access to oil company Equinor's first draft of spill modelling for the Great Australian Bight — but 13 Nov 2018 Environmental group Greenpeace, which obtained the leaked draft Oil Pollution Emergency Plan, said it was the first time modelling had shown 19 Dec 2019 Its own modelling shows that a worse-case scenario oil spill in the Bight would see oil stretching as far west as Albany in Western Australia,
20 Aug 2019 The oil industry's own modelling shows that a spill could blanket Australia's southern coastline, curling up the eastern seaboard as far north as
19 Dec 2019 Oil giant Equinor wins environmental approval for Great Australian Bight drilling Based on oil spill modelling conducted by oceanographers, Elliston "Oil spills happen all the time - the Bight is a very remote, very deep, 14 Nov 2018 Modelling from Norwegian exploration company Equinor shows Tasmanias be threatened if there were an oil spill in the Great Australian Bight. BP’s catastrophic Gulf of Mexico oil blowout and spill occurred during exploration drilling — the same activity now proposed in the Great Australian Bight. Early proposals regarding the Bight included deepwater drilling at the frontier of technical capacity; drilling at water depths of up to 2.2km, and up to 3km into the sea bed in extraordinarily rough, unpredictable and remote seas of the Bight. BP's own modelling shows Great Australian Bight oil spill could reach NSW Company’s model shows a spill from its proposed well could have a much more devastating effect on coasts and marine life An oil spill from BP’s planned drilling in the Great Australian Bight could affect most of Australia’s southern coastline, shutting down fisheries and threatening wildlife including whales, seabirds and sea lions, new modelling has shown. BP's planned oil drilling in the Great Australian Bight has taken a controversial turn with the release of oil spill modelling. The modelling, conducted by ocean scientist Laurent Lebreton and commissioned by the Wilderness Society, examined the effects of 'low-flow' and 'high-flow' spills and how the oil would spread under various seasonal patterns. BP's modelling shows an oil spill from the Great Australian Bight could travel thousands of kilometres; A spill would hit many SA tourist locations within days
13 Nov 2018 Environmental group Greenpeace, which obtained the leaked draft Oil Pollution Emergency Plan, said it was the first time modelling had shown
13 Nov 2018 Environmental group Greenpeace, which obtained the leaked draft Oil Pollution Emergency Plan, said it was the first time modelling had shown 19 Dec 2019 Its own modelling shows that a worse-case scenario oil spill in the Bight would see oil stretching as far west as Albany in Western Australia, 20 Feb 2019 Mr Owens said modelling had shown that a well blowout in the Great Australian Bight could impact anywhere along all of southern Australia's Equinor (formally Statoil) is the remaining 'Big Oil' company that has active -us/ what-we-do/exploring-great-australian-bight/fate-effects-oil-spill-modelling-.
24 Dec 2019 The Great Australian Bight is a pristine natural wilderness area, home to Oil spill modelling shows that their nursery would not be safe from a 28 Jun 2019 “Oil drilling in the Great Australian Bight is so toxic that Australia's two major “ Equinor's oil spill modelling revealed that an oil spill from an 24 May 2019 According to the plan's modelling for the worst-case scenario, oil from a spill could reach from Albany in Western Australia all the way up to Port 4 Nov 2018 OIL could begin washing up on the coast of South Australia within nine days of a major spill in the Great Australian Bight, modelling shows. 20 Aug 2019 The oil industry's own modelling shows that a spill could blanket Australia's southern coastline, curling up the eastern seaboard as far north as 22 Jan 2020 The waters of the Great Australian Bight are deeper, rougher and more remote than the Gulf of Mexico. Equinor's oil spill modelling revealed that