“Today the leaking well in the Montara field in the Timor Sea was intercepted,” the Bangkok-based company said in an e- mailed statement today.
The fire started as crews pumped heavy mud into the leaking well from a separate shaft, the company said.
PTT Exploration & Production Pcl, operator of a well spilling oil into the ocean off northwestern Australia, said a fire broke out on its West Atlas rig as drillers successfully intercepted the leaking well.
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