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Date: 27th March 2023.
Pictured: Workmen in a field during the clean-up operation at Owes Bay at Poole Harbour in Dorset after an oil spill.
A clean-up operation is continuing today after thousands of litres of oil leaked into Poole Harbour.
About 200 barrels of reservoir fluid has spilt from an underwater pipeline into the south coast harbour, one of the UK's most important and protected sites for wildlife.
It is believed that about 15 per cent of the 31,000 litres of fluid is oil, meaning that almost 5,000 litres of it may have polluted the harbour.
The spill happened yesterday afternoon (Sun) when an underwater pipeline that runs 30 miles from the site at Wytch Farm, on the Arne peninsula, to Southampton Water, leaked.
Pic: Graham Hunt/BNPS
Date: 27th March 2023.
Pictured: Workmen in a field during the clean-up operation at Owes Bay at Poole Harbour in Dorset after an oil spill.
A clean-up operation is continuing today after thousands of litres of oil leaked into Poole Harbour.
About 200 barrels of reservoir fluid has spilt from an underwater pipeline into the south coast harbour, one of the UK's most important and protected sites for wildlife.
It is believed that about 15 per cent of the 31,000 litres of fluid is oil, meaning that almost 5,000 litres of it may have polluted the harbour.
The spill happened yesterday afternoon (Sun) when an underwater pipeline that runs 30 miles from the site at Wytch Farm, on the Arne peninsula, to Southampton Water, leaked.
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