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Analysis: Spills flame Canadian oil debate, but won't curb flows to U.S
2013-04-02 16:17:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Two high-profile oil spills won't stem the now-record flow of Canadian oil into the United States, despite the frenzy that the spills triggered among friends and foes of the Keystone XL pipeline to the main U.S. refineries. The fate of Keystone remains undecided, yet Canadian crude will become an increasing part of the U.S. energy mix, despite growing competition from new U.S. production. U.S. thirst for Canadian crude has shot up nearly 30 percent over the past five years as refiners opt to...
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UPDATE 1-Canadian Pacific train derails, spills oil in Minnesota
2013-03-28 00:29:15| Railroads - Topix.net
A Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd train hauling crude oil has derailed in western Minnesota, spilling up to 30,000 gallons of oil, Minnesota officials said on Wednesday.
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Satellite Analysis Shows Gulf Oil Spills Typically Underestimated
2013-01-30 18:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Yale Environment 360: An analysis of satellite images has revealed that small oil spills that have become common in the Gulf of Mexico are often much larger than reported, U.S. scientists say. Using technology that calculates the size of oil slicks based on differences in the texture of water surface, as captured in publicly available satellite photos, a team of oceanographers at Florida State University (FSU) estimated that known human-caused spills in the Gulf were typically about 13 times larger than reported to the...
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Barge hits bridge, spills oil into Mississippi River
2013-01-28 09:18:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: A barge carrying 80,000 gallons of oil hit a railroad bridge in Vicksburg, Miss., on Sunday, spilling light crude into the Mississippi River and closing the waterway for eight miles in each direction, the Coast Guard said. A second barge was damaged. Investigators did not know how much had spilled, but an oily sheen was reported as far as three miles downriver of Vicksburg after the 1:12 a.m. (2:12 a.m. ET) incident, said Lt. Ryan Gomez of the Coast Guard's office in Memphis, Tenn. Authorities...
Crude oil spills into Mississippi River after oil barges crash
2013-01-27 23:27:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Two oil barges pushed by a tugboat slammed into a railroad bridge in Vicksburg, Mississippi, on Sunday, causing one to leak crude oil into the Mississippi River, the U.S. Coast Guard said. Officials used an "absorbent boom" to contain the undetermined amount of oil that leaked into the river after the collision, which occurred shortly after midnight and damaged both barges, Lieutenant Ryan Gomez said. The barge that is leaking was holding 80,000 gallons of light crude oil, he said. "A towing...
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