OIL SPILL OFF GREAT BARRIER REEF
Posted On July 17th, 2015 - 9:18 am | by Oil and gas press
An oil spill up to 20 kilometres long has reportedly been spotted along Australia’s iconic Great Barrier Reef.

The slick was reportedly spotted by a fisherman near Cape Upstart, south of Townsville. Coast guard officials have said it could be up to one kilometre wide, according to the Brisbane Times.

Oil has been located in the water south of Townsville, Queensland Transport has confirmed.


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Abbotts fault.

Steampipe wrote on Jul 17^th, 2015 at 9:04pm:

Abbotts fault.

Abbott Point?

Mankind ruining the great barrier reef.

Shameful!

The sooner the reef is crushed up and used for road base the better off we'll all be, the area would be put to better use as a dredge silt dump, you could charge a fee per barge to dump and make a fortune, maybe even take in waste from other countries too, corporate profits are what we need for future progress not pretty little striped fish and crabs. 

innocentbystander. wrote on Jul 18^th, 2015 at 10:15am:

The sooner the reef is crushed up and used for road base the better off we'll all be, the area would be put to better use as a dredge silt dump, you could charge a fee per barge to dump and make a fortune, maybe even take in waste from other countries too, corporate profits are what we need for future progress not pretty little striped fish and crabs.

Innocentbystander just dumped a load on itself.

innocentbystander. wrote on Jul 18^th, 2015 at 10:15am:

The sooner the reef is crushed up and used for road base the better off we'll all be, the area would be put to better use as a dredge silt dump, you could charge a fee per barge to dump and make a fortune, maybe even take in waste from other countries too, corporate profits are what we need for future progress not pretty little striped fish and crabs.

Yes, we shouldn't stop there. Let's kill all animal and plant life, it's wasting good space that could be better used for mining and the likes.

innocentbystander. wrote on Jul 18^th, 2015 at 10:15am:

The sooner the reef is crushed up and used for road base the better off we'll all be, the area would be put to better use as a dredge silt dump, you could charge a fee per barge to dump and make a fortune, maybe even take in waste from other countries too, corporate profits are what we need for future progress not pretty little striped fish and crabs.

better still, lets dump all of that sh.t in every libbos backyard.

nothing to worry about because apparently it is all harmless ;)

Sir lastnail wrote on Jul 18^th, 2015 at 11:00am:

innocentbystander. wrote on Jul 18th, 2015 at 10:15am: The sooner the reef is crushed up and used for road base the better off we'll all be, the area would be put to better use as a dredge silt dump, you could charge a fee per barge to dump and make a fortune, maybe even take in waste from other countries too, corporate profits are what we need for future progress not pretty little striped fish and crabs.  better still, lets dump all of that sh.t in every libbos backyard. nothing to worry about because apparently it is all harmless ;)

we cant dump anything in YOUR backyard coz u dont have one - and never will.  and theres not much room in your single tiny rented room to dump stuff other than you and the occasional visit by Booby-the-wonder-puppy

For the usual suspects, you know who you are  :)


Fears of an oil slick in reef waters south of Townsville have been allayed on Saturday morning with a specialist team of experts unable to detect oil in the water.
An oil slick where oil had broken up into patches about a metre square was confirmed late on Friday evening and this morning's special fly-over ordered by Queensland government authorities.
However no trace of oil could be found this morning by the specialist aircraft using ultra violet light sensing equipment.
The Australian Maritime Safety Authority aircraft with ultra-violet light sensors flew over the region close to Cape Upstart – between Ayr and Bowen - this morning.

"It was not able to detect any material traces of oil," the spokesman said after a phone-hook-up between scientists, researchers and government agencies on Saturday morning.


Read more: http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/queensland/great-barrier-reef-oil-spill-aircraft-to-sweep-area-as-slick-confirmed-20150718-gif384.html#ixzz3gD1LXuC7

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There has long been a problem with container ships from China cleaning out their bilge in Australia's eastern coastal waters. This is nothing new.

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Massive Oil Disaster ~ Great Barrier Reef

........Green_slime went for a swim    :D ;D

its a greens_lie thread.  what were you expecting?  OF COURSE the op was going to be fake! They always are.

bringing back a goodie... another greens_lose fantasy tale

Guess I have shamed you unmercifully, washedoutweekend, in the past 24 hours ... and you did have to dig deep and then make things up.

Better chuck crumbs ... well done old man.

Massive Oil Disaster  ;D

innocentbystander. wrote on Jul 22^nd, 2015 at 6:49pm:

Massive Oil Disaster  ;D

its a goodie.  it was literally ONE SQUARE METRE of oil from a passing ship.

Is this another 'peer reviewed' comment from wetweekend. wink wink.

____ wrote on Jul 22^nd, 2015 at 6:59pm:

Is this another 'peer reviewed' comment from wetweekend. wink wink.

keep it coming green_masturbator.  every thread from you discredits the Greens more than a Milne speech.

longweekend58 wrote on Jul 23^rd, 2015 at 9:02am:

____ wrote on Jul 22nd, 2015 at 6:59pm: Is this another 'peer reviewed' comment from wetweekend. wink wink. keep it coming green_masturbator.  every thread from you discredits the Greens more than a Milne speech.

Really?

Then why do the Greens keep gaining in the polls?

Ex Dame Pansi wrote on Jul 23^rd, 2015 at 11:05am:

longweekend58 wrote on Jul 23rd, 2015 at 9:02am: ____ wrote on Jul 22nd, 2015 at 6:59pm: Is this another 'peer reviewed' comment from wetweekend. wink wink. keep it coming green_masturbator.  every thread from you discredits the Greens more than a Milne speech. Really? Then why do the Greens keep gaining in the polls?

I think you mean OSCILLATE in the polls.  the greens are not yet back up to their 2010 levels of support.  They ebb and flow, not rise continually.

its maths so I know you both dont really get it, but perhaps you can tell by the way the Greens have one seat in the lower house in 2010 and the same seat in 2013.