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- AMSA says the majority of oil spilt from the Montara well head platform remains within the vicinity of the platform, with light patchy sheen observed to about 60 kilometres east of the rig. Light patchy sheen has been sighted to within 160 kilometres of the Western Australian coast and 120 kilometres from the Indonesian coast. There have been no sightings of thicker oil closer to shorelines and still weather conditions and calm seas have meant the movement of sheen has been minimal. AMSA says the sheen poses no threat to shorelines but can be of concern to birdlife.
- The Mongolian bulk carrier Black Rose has been leaking oil since it sank at the Paradip anchorage off the Indian coast on 9 September. The vessel was carrying a cargo of iron ore and had 9,000 tonnes of oil on board. A company has been appointed to retrieve the oil, but progress is moving slowly due in part to hold ups over the ship’s documentation. Greenpeace said the spill could have a devastating impact as the Gahirmatha Marine Sanctuary, home to the endangered Olive Ridley turtles, and the Bitharkanika National Park, which harbours India’s second-largest mangrove eco-system, were not far from the accident site.
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