After 74 Days, Timor Sea Oil Spill Finally Stopped

It took a blazing inferno to get oil drilling company PTTEP to finally commit the resources necessary to stop it, but after 74 days, the massive oil spill in the Timor Sea has finally been stopped. PTTEP dumped huge amounts of specially prepared mud onto the ocean floor to prevent more petroleum from leaking out into ocean waters.

Of course, a good deal of oil that’s already leaked still has to come up to the surface, and the pollution resulting from the spill is spread out over tens of thousands of square miles. The environmental impact of the spill is likely to persist for decades – long enough for another spill to take place, unless a moratorium on offshore drilling is put into effect.

But hey, let’s look on the bright side. The Montara offshore drilling platform did not collapse into the sea. It just turned into a melted, oily, twisted, smoking, disgusting, useless heap.

Remember, this disaster took place with a platform that was using the most up to date drilling technology – just like the equipment that will be placed up and down America’s coastline if the drill baby drill people get their way.