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US oil and gas spills increased by 18% in 2013 says new report
2014-05-14 01:00:00| Offshore Technology
An EnergyWire analysis report has revealed that the number of spills at oil and gas production sites rose by around 18% in 2013, in spite of decline in the drilling activity rate.
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Cleanup Begins After Crude Oil Spills Into James River in Train Derailment
2014-05-01 08:18:42| Waste Management - Topix.net
Lynchburg, VA-Workers are now draining the remaining rail cars of that crude oil that spilled Wednesday in Lynchburg, but some 50,000 gallons leaked into the James River.
Canada triples operator liability for offshore oil spills, but is it enough?
2014-03-27 01:00:00| Offshore Technology
Canada has significantly increased the financial liability of offshore operators for oil spills in the Arctic and Atlantic oceans. Although the new legislation improves financial assurances for spill response, does it go far enough and can an adequat
Oil spills into Lake Michigan from BP refinery
2014-03-25 09:40:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: An unknown amount of oil leaked from BP Plc's Whiting refinery in Indiana into Lake Michigan after a mechanical glitch on Monday afternoon, the company confirmed on Tuesday. The discharge had stopped, the leak was contained, and no injuries were reported, the London-based company said in a statement on Tuesday. Related Aerial of BP Whiting Refinery BP Whiting Refinery As crews worked on the cleanup, the effect on Lake Michigan was not immediately clear. About 60 percent of the lake is covered...
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Timeline: most notorious marine oil spills in history
2014-03-23 19:47:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Telegraph: 1967 Tanker Torrey Canyon carrying BP oil hit a reef between the Scilly Isles and the Cornish mainland on a short-cut from Kuwait to Milford Haven, Wales. World's worst oil spill then, UK's worst to date. Some 35 million gallons reached 120 miles of Cornwall's coast. The Labour government under Harold Wilson eventually bombed the ship to destroy it. 1978 Tanker Amoco Cadiz was on the approaches to English Channel when she lost her rudder during severe gales. After delays, arguments about who was...
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