Tag: oil spill

Authorities are working to clean-up an oil spill caused by a small tanker that sank on Saturday, off a Greek island, in the Saronic Gulf, leading to a major marine pollution. Officials informed that a considerable part of coastline has “turned black”, while people nearby suffer intense smell and eye ache. 

Authorities are working to clean-up an oil spill caused by a small tanker that sank on Saturday, off a Greek island, in the Saronic Gulf, leading to a major marine pollution. Officials informed that a considerable part of coastline has “turned black”, while people nearby suffer intense smell and eye ache. 

A discharge of high sulphur fuel oil was reported on September 4 into the Mississippi River, New Orleans, due to an overfilling of a fuel tank on the M/V Vita Horizon during bunkering operations. The vessel estimates there to be 10-20 barrels of product spilled.

Houston-based Black Elk Energy Offshore Operations LLC was sentenced on eight violations of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act and one violation of the Clean Water Act, after explosion in November 2012 on an offshore oil production platform, the US Department of Justice informed.

A fishing vessel company that operated in and around American Samoa was sentenced for maintaining false and incomplete records relating to the discharge of oil and garbage, the US Department of Justice informed. The fishing vessel responsible for the pollution is owned by Yuh Fa Fishery (Vanuatu) Co. Ltd.

Boreholes in the North Sea could constitute a significantly more important source of methane, than previously thought, according to a new study which uses the example of the explosion of Deepwater Horizon platform in the Gulf of Mexico, in April 2010.

Malaysian authorities are working closely to control the oil spill that resulted from the collision of a cargo ship with a tanker, in the waters off Johor, on 17 August, according to the Malaysian ministry of Natural Resources and Environment.

Under the Coastal Voices program, Oceana traveled to Louisiana, to examine the effects of the oil and gas industry on the Gulf’s coastal residents and marine environment. Oil refineries in the region are mere blocks from homes, and chronic oil spills and leaks mar the water flowing through coastal areas.

Malaysian Pelabuhan Tanjung Pelepas Sdn Bhd has filed a lawsuit against Rising Star Shipping Sdn and The Shipowners’ Mutual Protection and Indemnity Association (Luxembourg) Singapore Branch, in relation to the oil spill at its premises from 2016.

Since 2016, more than 70 oil sheens were reported in the water between New Bedford and Fairhaven, for which no one has claimed responsibility, according to US Coast Guard. Patrols are regularly looking for oil in high traffic areas and when discovered, the teams investigate it to determine if the amount is recoverable, and collect a sample.