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Category Archives: Oil Spill

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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More than 250,000 litres of oil spilled off the coast of Newfoundland

Newfoundland is currently experiencing its largest oil spill in offshore history, with over 250,000 litres of oil leaking from a natural gas platform. The spill emanated from the SeaRose platform, an oil production and storage vessel located about 350 kilometres off the coast of Newfoundland. According to Husky Energy, which owns and operates the platform,…
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