Tag: oil spill

The U. S. Coast Guard continues to respond to a well discharging a mixture of crude oil, gas, and water near Port Sulphur, Louisiana. The U.S. Coast Guard, Hilcorp Energy Co. and the Louisiana Oil Spill Coordinator’s Office have established a Unified Command to properly respond to the situation.

The fishing vessel Nordic Viking that sank in Seward Harbor on December 9 caused oil spill in the area and the US Coast Guard is responsible for the clean-up procedures concerning fuel that was released. The factor remains unknown. The wildlife faces no hazards and further discharges haven’t been reported.

Royal Dutch Shell Plc is guilty of a small amount of crude oil spill during a ship-to-ship oil transfer in Brazilian waters on November, as the company confirmed to Reuters.

On 12 December 1999, the Erika, a 25 year-old single-hull oil tanker, broke in two off France, polluting almost 400 km of French coastline and causing unprecedented damage to marine environment, claiming the title of one of the most major environmental disasters of recent years.

The US Coast Guard is responding to an oil discharge that took place near Port Sulphur, Louisiana, on Sunday, December 9. Namely, a crude oil well in Rattle Snake Bayou, southwest of Port Sulphur, was leaking. The amount of the oil spill is not know yet.

The Seafarers International Research Centre has published the results of an analysis of maritime accident investigation reports for the period 2002-2016. Collision, close quarters and contact were the most common accidents, with inadequate lookout being the main cause. In general, ‘inadequate risk management’ was most commonly identified as an immediate and a contributory cause of accidents.

The ASEAN Regional Oil Spill Contingency Plan was adopted by the 24th ASEAN Transport Ministers Meeting, held in Bangkok, Thailand, on 8 November. The Regional Oil Spill Contingency Plan provides a mechanism where ASEAN Member States can request and provide mutual support in response to any oil spills.

UK presented the first images from a satellite which is able to see through clouds and image the Earth. SAR can see through clouds and image the Earth throughout the day. These images can be used to detect oil spills as well as suspicious shipping activity. They are also able to monitor deforestation.

On October, INTERPOL conducted a world-wide law enforcement operation aimed at investigating maritime pollution found 500 offences, including illegal discharges of oil and garbage from ships, violations of ship emissions rules, as well as river pollution and runoffs from land to sea. The international effort led to more than 5200 inspections resulted in at least 185 investigations, with arrests and prosecutions anticipated.

It has been confirmed by the operating company, Husky Energy, that a separated subsea flow line connection has caused the oil spill in Newfoundland, Canada and operations at the SeaRose floating production, storage and offloading vessel will remain suspended after the extreme weather late last week. The current estimate of volume spilled remains at 250,000 litres or 1,570 barrels.