Slick Talk in Deepest Dorset

Poole Harbour (Dorset in SW England) is a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI). This location has many important protected species of birds and other beasties. Wytch Farm, within Poole Harbour, is also the UK's largest onshore oil field. This oil field has been in operation for decades. A pipeline, operated by gas company, Perenco, has just leaked 200 barrels of 'reservoir fluid' into Poole Harbour (https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/mar/26/poole-harbour-major-incident-declared-over-leak-from-oil-field). 'Reservoir fluid' is 'only' 15% oil and the slick is being contained. There are booms and cleaning processes available in the area. It's still worrying, however, that 'accidents' like this, can and do happen in a long-established fossil fuel extraction process, within an environmentally-protected location. It emphasises the environmental dangers of oil and gas extraction taking place in less well-supported areas of the globe (like the 'Willow' project?). Mitigation systems are not available everywhere.