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Russia's transport ministry said this week experts had established that about 2,400 metric tons of oil products had spilled into the sea, a smaller spill than initially feared.
Dmytro Pletenchuk, a spokesperson for the Ukrainian Navy, warned on 9 January that the oil spill could reach the coasts of Odesa and Mykolaiv Oblasts. [54] While investigating the stern portion of Volgoneft-239 on 10 January, specialists discovered an oil slick of about 2.8 square kilometres (1.1 square miles) on the shoreline. [55]
The Lobitos oil spill occurred on December 21, 2024, during pre-shipment maneuvers for oil on the Polyaigos vessel at the Talara Refinery underwater terminal, managed by Petroperú in the district of Lobitos, located in the province of Talara in Piura, Peru. The presence of hydrocarbons was detected during certification for loading procedures.
MOSCOW (Reuters) -A Russian oil tanker carrying thousands of tonnes of oil products split apart during a heavy storm on Sunday, spilling oil into the Kerch Strait, while another tanker was also in ...
This is a reverse-chronological list of oil spills that have occurred throughout the world and spill(s) that are currently ongoing. Quantities are measured in tonnes of crude oil with one tonne roughly equal to 308 US gallons , 256 Imperial gallons , 7.33 barrels , or 1165 litres .
September 20 – A contractor's digging equipment hit & ruptured a crude oil gathering pipeline in Williams County, North Dakota, spilling about 8,400 gallons of crude oil. [30] December 7 – The Keystone Pipeline leaked about 588,000 gallons of tar sands crude into a creek, in Washington County, Kansas. This is the biggest oil spill in ...
In January and February 1969, in the Santa Barbara Channel, near the city of Santa Barbara, in Southern California. It was the largest oil spill in United States waters at the time, and now ranks third after the 2010 Deepwater Horizon and 1989 Exxon Valdez spills. It remains the largest oil spill to have occurred in the waters off California.
Celebrity birthdays for the week of Sept. 8-14. The Associated Press. September 3, 2024 at 8:41 AM. Celebrity birthdays for the week of Sept. 8-14: Sept. 8: Ventriloquist Willie Tyler (with Lester ...