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1. More than 50 missing following oil pipeline explosion in southern Nigeria

(News - Oil & Gas)

... Nembe Chiefs Council, Chief Nengi James-Eriworio, the blast early on Friday caused massive oil spillage in the Nembe kingdom in Bayelsa state. AFRICA NEWS Pipeline-Blast-Nigeria At industryabout.com: ...

Created on 03 March 2019

2. Peru 'catastrophe' feared after 8,000-barrel Amazon oil spill

(News - Oil & Gas)

4 November 2018. A Peruvian oil executive warned Wednesday of "catastrophe" after indigenous residents cut a major pipeline in a region of the Amazon, triggering the spill of 8,000 barrels of oil. PHYS.ORG ...

Created on 03 December 2018

3. Coast Guard orders cleanup of massive 14-year oil spill in Gulf of Mexico (USA)

(News - Oil & Gas)

... leak as one of the largest and longest-running oil spills in North America. NOLA.COM Stop-Oil-Leak At industryabout.com: USA    ...

Created on 21 November 2018

4. OIL SPILL ALERT: Asia Is About To Be Hit By The “Worst Oil Tanker Spill In Decades”

(News - Oil & Gas)

4 February 2018. The Sanchi disaster is even worse than many initially expected, according to a chilling new report published by Britain's National Oceanography Centre that shows the ship's cargo - ...

Created on 04 February 2018

5. Sanchi oil spill is worse than Exxon Valdez after tanker sinks off coast (East China Sea)

(News - Oil & Gas)

16 January 2018. Condensate is highly toxic but readily evaporates or burns off in a fire. If trapped underwater, however, it could seriously harm the marine environment, while the ship’s fuel source ...

Created on 16 January 2018

6. Iranian Oil Tanker Drifts Into Japanese Waters As Fires Rage On

(News - Oil & Gas)

13 January 2018. The Iranian oil tanker that collided with another vessel in the East China Sea is now drifting towards the Japanese exclusive economic zone due to strong winds, according to emerging ...

Created on 13 January 2018

7. Oil Spill Threatens Athens Beaches (Greece)

(News - Oil & Gas)

16 September 2017. Greek authorities continued to struggle on Friday to clean up an oil spill that occurred last Sunday when an oil tanker sank near the country’s main port, Piraeus, with the fuel now ...

Created on 16 September 2017

8. Hurricane Harvey Oil, Chemical Spills Top 22,000 Barrels (Texas, USA)

(News - Natural Disasters)

16 September 2017. In the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey, more than 22,000 barrels of crude oil, refined products, and chemicals spilled at various sites in Texas, according to company reports to the ...

Created on 16 September 2017

9. VIDEO: BP Clair platform leaks 95 tonnes of oil into North Sea (Scotland)

(News - Oil & Gas)

4 October 2016. The spill from the Clair platform is being monitored from the air by plane which, combined with modelling, shows the oil moving away from land in a northerly direction. THE GUARDIAN ...

Created on 04 October 2016

10. VIDEO: Pemex Battles Blaze Aboard Tanker in Gulf (Mexico)

(News - Oil & Gas)

25 September 2016. Mexico’s state-owned oil company says it is working to extinguish a blaze aboard a loaded tanker in the Gulf of Mexico. The tanker Burgos was carrying about 168,000 barrels of gasoline ...

Created on 25 September 2016

11. Shell shuts wells to Brutus oil natgas platform after spill off Louisiana (USA)

(News - Oil & Gas)

13 May 2016. A 2,100-barrel oil spill in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico forced Royal Dutch Shell on Thursday to shut in all wells that flow to its Brutus platform, federal regulators said. The U.S. Bureau ...

Created on 13 May 2016

12. VIDEO: BP To Pay Record Fine For Gulf Oil Spill (USA)

(News - Oil & Gas)

vWh9jDei-og 6 October 2015. The Deepwater Horizon disaster, which released nearly 134 million gallons of oil into the Gulf of Mexico, is largely considered to be the worst oil spill in U.S. history. ...

Created on 06 October 2015

13. Exxon Subsidiary Faces $2.6M Fine For 2013 Oil Spill (USA - Arkansas)

(News - Oil & Gas)

3 October 2015. The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration released its final report on the Pegasus pipeline leak that spilled roughly 3,190 barrels of oil near Mayflower and Lake Conway ...

Created on 03 October 2015

14. ExxonMobil halts operations at three oil platforms after California spill

(News - Oil & Gas)

25 June 2015. Exxon Mobil Corp has been forced to halt operations at three offshore oil platforms because it could not deliver to refineries in the wake of a broken pipeline that spilled up to 101,000 ...

Created on 25 June 2015

15. The California Oil Spill Is Even Worse Than We Thought

(News - Oil & Gas)

23 May 2015. The crude oil spill, from a pipeline along the coast just north of Santa Barbara, has resulted in the closure of two beaches and local fisheries, and damaged the sensitive habitat of endangered ...

Created on 23 May 2015

16. Statoil’s Gudrun condensate leak could have been major incident

(News - Oil & Gas)

21 May 2015. Statoil ASA said a Feb. 18 condensate leak at its Gudrun platform in the North Sea could have been much worse, even fatal, if anyone would have been present at the time. OIL & GAS ...

Created on 21 May 2015

17. Oil Spill Off California Coast May Have Dumped Up to 105,000 Gallons

(News - Oil & Gas)

21 May 2015. Up to 105,000 gallons of crude oil may have leaked from a burst pipeline in a town near Santa Barbara on Tuesday, according to the company that owns the pipeline. SPUTNIK NEWS http://sputniknews.com/us/20150521/1022388960 ...

Created on 21 May 2015

18. VIDEO: 21,000 gallons of crude oil leaked near Santa Barbara County beaches (USA - California)

(News - Oil & Gas)

20 May 2015. A ruptured pipeline in Goleta leaked an estimated 21,000 gallons of crude oil Tuesday, some of which flowed into the ocean off Santa Barbara County, authorities said. LOS ANGELES TIMES ...

Created on 20 May 2015

19. US says decade-old Gulf oil leak could last another century

(News - Oil & Gas)

16 May 2015. A decade-old oil leak where an offshore platform toppled during a hurricane could continue spilling crude into the Gulf of Mexico for a century or more if left unchecked, according to ...

Created on 16 May 2015

20. Mexico says oil spill avoided after deadly offshore blaze

(News - Oil & Gas)

2 April 2015. A huge blaze twisted and blackened an oil platform in the Gulf of Mexico, but the state-run Pemex oil company said it managed to avert any significant oil spill. FUEL FIX http://fuelfix.com/blog/2015/04/02/mexico-says-oil-spill-avoided ...

Created on 02 April 2015

21. Benzene found in Montana water supply after Yellowstone oil spill (USA)

(News - Oil & Gas)

24 January 2015. Up to 50,000 gallons of oil spilled on Saturday from a break in a 12-inch pipeline owned by Wyoming-based Bridger Pipeline Co. Elevated levels of benzene were found in samples taken from ...

Created on 24 January 2015

22. BP could pay $13.7 billion fine for Gulf oil disaster (USA)

(News - Oil & Gas)

18 January 2015. According to a US judge, more oil spilled into the Gulf of Mexico after the deadly rig explosion in 2010 than estimated by BP. This verdict could probably cost the company $13.7bn. WEST ...

Created on 18 January 2015

23. Leak in Russian Oil Pipeline Causes Oil Spill In Black Sea

(News - Oil & Gas)

27 December 2014. A leak on a major Russian oil pipeline caused a spill in the Black Sea near the port of Tuapse on Wednesday, where officials said stormy weather was hampering efforts to assess and respond ...

Created on 27 December 2014

24. Oil spill floods Israeli nature reserve, three people hurt

(News - Oil & Gas)

5 December 2014. Millions of liters of oil gushing out of a breached pipeline flooded a desert nature reserve in Israel overnight, causing one of the country's worst environmental disasters, officials ...

Created on 05 December 2014

25. Nigeria parliament wants Shell to pay nearly $4 bln for 2011 oil spill

(News - Oil & Gas)

28 November 2014. It was a massive oil spill in 2011 off the Nigerian coast. Now after assessing environmental damage from the disaster at Shell’s offshore Bonga field, the country’s National Assembly ...

Created on 28 November 2014

26. Keystone oil pipeline, climate change and the cold (USA)

(News - Oil & Gas)

... land. They are worried about an oil spill into the Ogallala Aquifer, one of the largest aquifers in the world. MONTERREY HERALD http://www.montereyherald.com/opinion/20141121/amy-goodman-keystone-climate-change-and-the-cold ...

Created on 23 November 2014

27. Court documents expose Shell’s false claims on Nigeria oil spills

(News - Oil & Gas)

15 November 2015. Court documents revealed by Amnesty International today expose the fact that Shell has repeatedly made false claims about the size and impact of two major oil spills at Bodo in Nigeria ...

Created on 15 November 2014

28. Oil spill reported at Lévis refinery (Quebec)

(News - Oil & Gas)

12 October 2014. What was first reported as a 15,000-litre crude oil spill at the Jean-Gaulin refinery in Lévis, announced by the Quebec environment ministry earlier Saturday in a press release. MONTREAL ...

Created on 12 October 2014

29. Duke halting coal burning at southwest Ohio power plant, was site of river oil spill (USA)

(News - Energy)

30 August 2014. A utility says it will stop burning coal at a southwest Ohio power plant that was the site of a recent oil spill into the Ohio River. Charlotte, North Carolina-based Duke Energy says it ...

Created on 30 August 2014