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iStories reported that, in the months prior to the incident, both ships had been shuttling between Port Kavkaz in the Kerch Strait and oil refinery terminals on the Volga River. [3] Izvestia reported that both tankers should have been decommissioned 10–15 years prior to the incident as they have a service life of between 30–40 years.
The SDC started deploying workers to clean up the beaches on the morning of 15 June 2024 after the oil spill was spotted in the waters off Sentosa Island at about 7 am. 18 response crafts were deployed in total by various organisations to contain and clean up the oil spill. These included MPA patrol craft which were deployed to spray ...
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 .
Authorities are still trying to determine the cause and source of the spill, which started near a pipeline southeast of New Orleans, ... An oil spill seen in the Gulf of Mexico on Nov. 16, 2023.
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 ...
An oil spill, which appeared to originate from Venezuela's El Palito refinery several days ago, has contaminated a bay off the country's north-central coast in the Caribbean Sea, five sources told ...
August 2024 oil spill caused by attacks on the tanker Sounion; Location: Red Sea, "77 nautical miles to the West of Al Hudaydah": Coordinates: 1]: Date: 22 August 2024: Cause; Cause: Destruction of the oil tanker Sounion by Houthi militants: Operator: Delta Tankers: Spill characteristics; Volume: Up to 150,000 tons (~1 million barrels) of petroleum: The attacks on the MT Sounion refers to ...
A similar oil spill coming from Trinidad hit several nations across the Caribbean seven years ago. Hermans said this could be more difficult to resolve as the vessel's owner and operator have not ...