A major incident has been declared after oil from the UK’s largest onshore oil field leaked into the water in Poole Harbour.
Approximately 200 barrels of reservoir fluid was released after the leak occurred at Wytch Farm oil field in Dorset on Sunday.
Gas company Perenco UK confirmed the “limited” leak came from one of its well sites, and that the pipeline was shut down, and booms used to control the spread of oil were placed on either…