Aerial footage on Monday showed Poole Harbour, located in southern England, drenched in oil after about 200 barrels of reservoir fluid leaked into the water.
Anglo-French oil company Perenco's UK unit said on Sunday that a limited oil leak occurred at one of its well sites in Wytch Farm in Dorset, England.
The company said the spill was being contained, and an investigation would be launched.
Perenco UK produces about 40,000 barrels of oil equivalent a day, of which about 14,000 barrels are from Wytch Farm.
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Anglo-French oil company Perenco's UK unit said on Sunday that a limited oil leak occurred at one of its well sites in Wytch Farm in Dorset, England.
The company said the spill was being contained, and an investigation would be launched.
Perenco UK produces about 40,000 barrels of oil equivalent a day, of which about 14,000 barrels are from Wytch Farm.
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