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CN train carrying fuel oil derails, spills in Mississippi
2014-02-01 00:57:21| Railroads - Topix.net
A Canadian National Railway Co train carrying fuel oil and other hazardous materials derailed and was leaking in southeast Mississippi on Friday morning, forcing the evacuation of nearby residents, officials said.
Petrotrin confirms 11 oil spills during December 2013
2014-01-16 01:00:00| Offshore Technology
Trinidad's state-owned oil company Petrotrin has confirmed at least 11 oil spills during December 2013 and was fined $3.1m from the country's Environmental Management Authority (EMA).
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Soaking up crude oil spills with polymer mesh magnetic nanoparticles
2014-01-09 22:12:00| Canadian Plastics Headlines
The news moves fast these days, so you can be forgiven for being a little fuzzy about the Deepwater Horizon episode. Heres a recap: On 20 April 2010, while drilling in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Louisiana, an explosion on the...
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Hundreds of oil spills kept secret by North Dakota
2013-10-28 16:47:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: North Dakota`s fracking frenzy is leaking like a sieve. And you haven`t heard about it because fracking companies, oil pipeline owners, and state officials have been keeping information about hundreds of oil spills secret for years. After a huge spill of more than 20,000 barrels on a wheat farm was hushed up for 11 days, the Associated Press discovered the extent of the years-long cover-up: Records obtained by the AP show that so far this year, North Dakota has recorded 139 pipeline leaks that...
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North Dakota recorded 300 oil spills in two years without notifying public
2013-10-25 20:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: North Dakota, the nation's No2 oil producer behind Texas, recorded nearly 300 oil pipeline spills in less than two years, state documents show. None was reported to the public, officials said. According to records obtained by the Associated Press, the pipeline spills, many of them small, are among some 750 "oil field incidents" that have occurred since January 2012 without public notification. "That's news to us," said Don Morrison, director of the Dakota Resource Council, an environmental-minded...
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