Oil spill in Dorset from underground pipeline.

On Sunday afternoon in Dorset, around 20,000 litres of reservoir fluid leaked out from an underground pipeline and caused major disruption.

The company operating the oil field is Perenco which took over it over in 2011 from BP.

Perenco reported its Incident Management team was immediately activated, the leak stopped, and additional containment booms were deployed around Poole Harbour to safeguard it.

Clean-up efforts are currently underway with Perenco working closely with authorities as a clean-up operation begins.

Perenco also promises a comprehensive investigation to assess what occurred.

Poole Harbour Commissioners serve as the local regulators responsible for overseeing cleanup operations.