Montara drill boss denies changing statement

Inferno: the Montara wellhead paltform and jack-up West Atlas were engulfed in flames shortly before the H1 well was killed on 3 November

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Anthea Pitt

 18 March 2010 08:48 GMT

A drilling supervisor today denied that he changed his statement about an event that may have helped trigger the Montara blowout after speaking to a senior PTTEP executive.

In its fourth day of hearings in Canberra, the Borthwick inquiry into the Montara blowout today heard from Noel Treasure, who was working under contract to PTTEP as its senior drilling supervisor on board the Seadrill-owned jack-up rig West Atlas.

Treasure was working on the rig in March last year when cement casing work - designed to preserve the integrity of a suspended well - was carried out on the H1 well at the Timor Sea field.

The inquiry heard problems arose as the cementing was being done.

Crew on the West Atlas believed…

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