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Nearly 2 tonnes of oil spill into sea off coast

Nearly 2 tonnes of oil spill into sea off coast
Early morning, nearly two tonnes of oil spilled into the sea near Kamarajar Port in on Sunday. A flexible hose of MT Coral Stars got snapped from the berth-side of the vessel when it was discharging the oil at Marine Liquid Terminal I in the port at 4am. An official communication from the port said…
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Vandals cause 8,000 barrels of oil to spill in Peruvian Amazon

Vandals cause 8,000 barrels of oil to spill in Peruvian Amazon
Peru state oil company Petroperu said approximately 8,000 barrels of crude oil had spilled in the Amazon after vandals severed the pipeline and then impeded technicians seeking to repair the damaged pipe. The pipe began to spill oil on Tuesday night after sabotage by members of the Mayuriaga indigenous community in the Loreto region of…
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Fears drilling off coast may lead to major oil spill

Proposed oil and gas drilling exploration off the coast of South Africa has raised fears of another Deepwater Horizon-like incident. The Wild Trust, with a marine conservation programme, Wild Oceans, submitted comment on Environmental Resources Management’s (ERM) Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) application on behalf of Italian oil company Eni, which is seeking environmental authorisation to…
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