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oil spill
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Crew Races To Contain Oil Spill After Cargo Vessel Grounded By Extreme Cape Weather Breaks Apart
30 Jul 2024 by Tayla / No Comments
The spill took place over the weekend when the ship broke into four sections, unfortunately along a corridor where our endangered African penguins traverse.
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Dramatic Pics And Video Of Oil Tanker Exploding In The East China Sea
16 Jan 2018 by Sloane Hunter / No Comments
After colliding with a freighter more than a week ago, an Iranian oil tanker has sunk, leaving behind the biggest oil spill of its kind since 1991.
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Massive 50,000 Litre Oil Spill Turns Stunning Thailand Beach Pitch Black [VIDEO]
01 Aug 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
A faulty oil transfer between a tanker and a seabed pipeline on Saturday has resulted in some 50,000 litres of oil being spilled onto Thai beaches. The main impact zone is Ao Prao beach on Koh Samet island.
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Deepwater Horizon Rig Owner Agrees To Record $1,4 Billion In Fines
04 Jan 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Transocean, the owner of the drilling rig that sank after an explosion that killed 11 workers and led to the massive 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, has agreed to pay $1,4 billion in various penalties.
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Cape Town Will Finally Get Rid Of The Blouberg Wreck
05 Sep 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The City of Cape Town has finally issued an official statement on how it once and for all plans to deal with the broken up Seli 1 wreck on Blouberg beach. But it’s not up to them – it’s now up to the National Treasury to issue the funding for the operation.
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R40 Million Requested To Remove Cape Town Oil Spill Wreck
03 Sep 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
City of Cape Town disaster response teams are again today battling fierce conditions in efforts to clean up oil from the Seli 1 wreck at Bloubergstrand. The operation is set to cost at least R40 million.
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The BP Oil Spill Photos You Weren’t Supposed To See [PICS]
07 May 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
It has been two years since 4,9 million barrels of oil were spilled into the Gulf of Mexico. In the midst of the disaster, BP and its contractors did everything they could to keep people from seeing the scale of the disaster. But new photos released today offer some new insight into just how horrific the Gulf became for sea life. See them inside.
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Blouberg Oil Spill Has Caused ‘Minimal’ Cost To Wildlife – But It’s Still A Mess
05 Sep 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The cleanup of the oil spill at Bloubergstrand continues, and City of Cape Town Disaster teams are still assessing whether the beach can be re-opened this afternoon. The wreckage of the Seli One carrier, which was stranded off the Blouberg coast two years ago, leaked oil onto the beach over the weekend following rough seas.
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