List of environmental accidents in the fossil fuel industry in Australia
This is a list of industrial accidents and incidents that have resulted in environmental damage and/or has resulted in death or major injury that have occurred within the fossil fuel industry in Australia, in either the extraction, mining, processing or transporting phases. Oil tanker Oceanic Grandeur oil spill – 1970[ 1]
Box Flat Mine explosion resulting in the death of 17 miners – 1972Bulk coal tanker Sygna oil spill – 1974[ 2]
Oil tanker Princess Anne Marie oil spill – 1975[ 3]
Kianga coal mine explosion – 1975[ 4]
Oil tanker World Encouragement oil spill – 1979[ 5]
Appin coal mine explosion resulting in the death of 14 miners – 1979 Oil tanker Esso Gippsland oil spill – 1982[ 6]
Moura coal mine roof fall and explosion – 1986[ 7]
Collinsville Coal Roof collapse in mine shaft – 1988[ 8]
Crude oil tanker Arthur Phillip oil spill – 1990[ 9]
Oakleigh Number Three Colliery roof collapse resulting in death of a miner – 1990[ 10]
Newlands coal mine gas explosion resulting in death of miner – 1990[ 11] Goonyella-Riverside coal mine outrush of coal and water – 1991[ 12]
South Bulli coal mine incident resulting in the death of 3 miners – 1991[ 13]
Western Main coal mine Pillar Collapse resulting in the death of 3 miners – 1991[ 14]
Moura Open Cut coal mine incident resulting in death of 2 miners and serious injury to 2 others – 1993[ 15]
Oil tanker Kirki oil spill – 1991[ 16]
Moura coal mine explosion – 1994[ 17]
Xstrata's Oaky Creek coal mine, miner lost his life when vehicle was driven over the edge of the excavation due to the substandard condition of the workplace – 1996[ 18]
Laleham No1 coal mine, miner pinned between machinery resulting in death of miner – 1996[ 19]
Gretley coal mine disaster resulting in the death of 4 miners – 1996[ 20] [ 21] Newhill coal mine, rib collapse causing death to miner – 1997[ 22]
BHP's Blackwater Open Cut coal mine, vehicle incident resulting in death of miner – 1997[ 23]
Esso Longford gas plant explosion – 1998Mobil Port Stanvac Refinery oil spill – 1999[ 24]
Varanus Island Terminal oil spill – 1999[ 25]
Oil tanker Laura D'Amato oil spill – 1999[ 26]
Oil carrier Sylvan Arrow oil spill – 1999[ 27]
Cook coal mine coal dislodged resulting in death of miner – 2000[ 28]
Jellinabah Open Cut Coal incident causing severe crush injuries to miner – 2000[ 29]
Oaky coal mine roof fall causing death to miner – 2000[ 30]
Goonyella Riverside coal mine experienced a major structural failure resulting in serious injury to a miner – 2000[ 31]
Bulk carrier Global Peace oil spill at RG Tanner Coal loading facility in Gladstone in Queensland – 2006[ 32]
Yallourn Power Station Coal mine wall collapse (mine flooded by the Latrobe River) – 2007[ 33] Venus Island gas pipeline explosion – 2008Santos Limited Port Bonython groundwater contamination (Crude oil leak from storage tanks enter the groundwater) – 2008–2012[ 34] [ 35] [ 36] Montara Well Head Platform blowout and subsequent oil and gas spill – 2009 [ 37] Eastern Star Gas (taken over by Santos Ltd) Coal Stream Gas operation incident which resulted in 10,000 litres of toxic water waste entering the environment in the Pilliga State Forest – 2011[ 38] [ 39]
Princes Highway closed after heavy resulted in land movement at the Hazelwood mine causing cracks in the road – 2011[ 40] [ 41]
Springvale and Angus Place coal mines – Undertook unapproved coal mining and/or discharging mine groundwater into an environmentally sensitive area – 2011[ 42]
Collapse of the Morwell River Diversion at the Yallourn Coal Mine – 2012[ 43]
Santos Limited Jackson oil spill – 2013[ 44]
See also
References
^ Australian Maritime Safety Authority, Major Oil Spills in Australia, Oceanic Grandeur, Torres Strait, 3 March 1970 Archived 19 March 2014 at the Wayback Machine . Accessed 19/3/2014^ Australian Maritime Safety Authority, Major Oil Spills in Australia, Sygna, Newcastle, 26 May 1974 Archived 19 March 2014 at the Wayback Machine . Accessed 19/3/2014^ Australian Maritime Safety Authority, Major Oil Spills in Australia, Princess Anne Marie, offshore Western Australia, 14 July 1975 Archived 19 March 2014 at the Wayback Machine . Accessed 19/3/2014^ Moura inquiries Kianga No 1, Department of Natural Resources and Mines, Queensland government, 13/12/2010. Accessed 20/3/2014^ Australian Maritime Safety Authority, Major Oil Spills in Australia, World Encouragement, Botany Bay, September 1979 Archived 2014-03-19 at the Wayback Machine . Accessed 19/3/2014^ Australian Maritime Safety Authority, Major Oil Spills in Australia, Esso Gippsland oil pollution incident, Port Stanvac, 22 January 1982 Archived 19 March 2014 at the Wayback Machine . Accessed 19/3/2014^ Moura inquiries Moura No 4, Department of Natural Resources and Mines, Queensland government, 19/9/2009. Accessed 20/3/2014^ Department of Natural Resources and Mines, Queensland government, Mining wardens inquiries David Joseph FIRTH, 21/10/2007. Accessed 20/3/2014^ Australian Maritime Safety Authority, Major Oil Spills in Australia, Arthur Phillip, Cape Otway, Victoria, 21 May 1990 Archived 19 March 2014 at the Wayback Machine . Accessed 19/3/2014^ Department of Natural Resources and Mines, Queensland government,Mining wardens inquiries Rodney Elwyn MADDOX 1990, 21/10/2007. Archived 2014-04-22 at the Wayback Machine Accessed 20/3/2014^ Department of Natural Resources and Mines, Queensland government,Mining wardens inquiries Dean Michael WHITE 21/10/2007. Accessed 20/3/2014^ Department of Natural Resources and Mines, Queensland government,Mining wardens inquiries Dean Michael WHITE 21/10/2007. Accessed 20/3/2014^ South Bulli Gas Outburst - 1991 ^ "MDG 1020 Review Guidelines for Underground Emergency Escape Systems and Provision of Self Rescuers" for the NSW Trade & Investment - Resources and Energy Division by David Nichols. Archived 2014-03-22 at the Wayback Machine Accessed 21/3/2014^ Department of Natural Resources and Mines, Queensland government,Mining wardens inquiries BOLTON, KERR, BISSELL and SWIFT 21/10/2007. Archived 2014-04-22 at the Wayback Machine Accessed 20/3/2014^ Australian Maritime Safety Authority, Major Oil Spills in Australia, Kirki, Western Australia, 21 July 1991 Archived 19 March 2014 at the Wayback Machine . Accessed 19/3/2014^ Moura inquiries Moura No 2, Department of Natural Resources and Mines, Queensland government, 13/12/2010. Archived 2014-03-21 at the Wayback Machine Accessed 20/3/2014^ Mining wardens inquiries Alan MORGAN, Department of Natural Resources and Mines, Queensland government 21/9/2007. Archived 2014-03-21 at the Wayback Machine Accessed 21/03/2014^ Mining wardens inquiries Gary John WILSON, Department of Natural Resources and Mines, Queensland government 21/9/2007. Archived 2014-03-21 at the Wayback Machine Accessed 21/3/2014^ "Charges laid over Gretley coal mine disaster" ABC news 12/8/2003 . Accessed 21/3/2014^ "Mine found guilty over Gretley disaster" The Sydney Morning Herald 9/8/2004. 21/3/2014^ Mining wardens inquiries Trevor George DOMROW, Department of Natural Resources and Mines, Queensland government 21/12/2007. Archived 2014-03-21 at the Wayback Machine Accessed 21/3/2014^ Mining wardens inquiries Dale GADSBY, Department of Natural Resources and Mines, Queensland government 21/12/2007. Archived 2014-03-21 at the Wayback Machine Accessed 21/3/2014^ Australian Maritime Safety Authority,Major Oil Spills in Australia, Port Stanvac, 28 June 1999 Archived 19 March 2014 at the Wayback Machine . Accessed 19/3/2014^ Australian Maritime Safety Authority, Major Oil Spills in Australia, MV Torungen – Varanus Island Terminal – Varanus Island, WA, 26 July 1999 - 25 tonnes. Archived 19 March 2014 at the Wayback Machine Accessed 19/3/2014^ >Australian Maritime Safety Authority, Major Oil Spills in Australia, Laura D'Amato, Sydney Harbour, New South Wales, 3 August 1999 Archived 19 March 2014 at the Wayback Machine . Accessed 19/3/2014^ Australian Maritime Safety Authority, Major Oil Spills in Australia, Sylvan Arrow - near Wilson’s Promontory, Victoria, 18 December 1999 Archived 19 March 2014 at the Wayback Machine . Accessed 19/3/2014^ Department of Natural Resources and Mines, Queensland government, Mining wardens inquiries John Anthony MAHER,20/10/2007. Archived 2014-03-21 at the Wayback Machine Accessed 20/03/2014^ Department of Natural Resources and Mines, Queensland government, Mining wardens inquiries John Anthony MAHER,Mining wardens inquiries Christopher John LEE 20/10/2007. Archived 2014-03-21 at the Wayback Machine Accessed 21/3/2014^ Department of Natural Resources and Mines, Queensland government, Mining wardens inquiries Michael James MORRIS 20/10/2007. Archived 2014-03-21 at the Wayback Machine Accessed 21/3/2014^ Department of Natural Resources and Mines, Queensland government, Mining wardens inquiries Laurence THOMAS 20/10/2007. Archived 2014-03-21 at the Wayback Machine Accessed 21/3/2014^ Australian Maritime Safety Authority, Major Oil Spills in Australia, Global Peace – Gladstone, Queensland, 24 January 2006. Archived 19 March 2014 at the Wayback Machine Accessed 19/3/2014^ Mining Warden Yallourn Mine Batter Failure Inquiry, Victorian Government 2008 Archived 2014-03-19 at the Wayback Machine ^ Port Bonython - Menard Bachy Menard Bachy (2010-08-24). Accessed 19/3/2014 ^ Further contamination at Santos' Port Bonython facility Environment Protection Authority (2010) . Accessed 19/03/2014^ "Santos says oil-leak clean-up working" ABC News 9/5/2012 . Accessed 19/3/2014^ Australian Maritime Safety Authority, Major Oil Spills in Australia, Montara Well Head Platform. Archived 2014-03-19 at the Wayback Machine Accessed 19/3/2014^ "Santos fined $52,500 for NSW pollution breach" ABC Rural news 15/1/2014. Accessed 19/3/2014^ "Santos fined over Eastern Star Gas toxic water spill" The Courier 14/1/2014. Archived 2014-03-19 at the Wayback Machine Accessed 19/3/2014^ "Fears of collapse to shut Princes Highway for three months" The Age 11/2/2011. Accessed 19/03/2014^ "Princes Freeway at Morwell to reopen soon" Media release Premier of Victoria 1/8/2011. Accessed 19/03/2014^ Enforceable undertaking between Springvale Coal and Centennial Angus Place and the Commonwealth Environment Minister 21/10/2011. Accessed 22/3/2014^ Yallourn Coal Mine Inquiries, Department of State Development, Business and Innovation, Victoria 10/2/2012. Archived 2014-03-19 at the Wayback Machine Accessed 19/3/2014^ "Santos confirms uncontrolled leak at oil and gas well in Queensland's remote southwest" News.com.au 20/5/2013. Accessed 19/3/2013
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