Woodside Petroleum has been awarded AU 1.5 million in compensation by a Federal Court over an illegal strike at its Pluto LNG site back in December 2009, which was actively encouraged by the Construction Forestry Mining and Energy Union (CFMEU).
Shell announced yesterday that Shell divers had successfully closed the relief valve from which oil had been seeping on Friday August 19th. The company also defended its safety record, which has come under attack since the incident.