BP would need to bring equipment from Texas to contain South Australia oil spill

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http://www.theguardian.com/business/2015/may/25/bp-would-need-to-bring-equipment-from-texas-to-contain-south-australia-oil-spill

Internal documents show BP would have to transport a containment response system 14,000km in the event of a spill in the Great Australian Bight

BP would need to bring equipment from Texas to contain South Australia oil spill
Oliver Milman
Sunday 24 May 2015 16.20 EDT

BP’s attempts to halt any oil spill from planned drilling off South Australia’s coast would depend on transporting recovery equipment from Houston, Texas, internal documents have revealed.

In information submitted to the federal government, BP says equipment to cap leaking oil wells is based in Singapore, more than 4,800km away, while a containment response system would have to be transported from Houston in the US, more than 14,000km away.

The shipping and installation of the equipment from Singapore to Australia would take 32 days, while the response system would take 25 days to arrive from Houston, the document shows. In the event of a disaster, a second rig would be positioned to drill a “relief” well, which would take 157 days, BP says.

BP, which plans to drill a series of exploratory wells in the Great Australian Bight marine park from next year, says it would take 35 days to cap a leaking well in a “worst credible case scenario”.