Safaniya Offshore Oil Spill Stopped in a Matter of Hours

The world’s largest offshore oil field in the Arabian Gulf, the Safaniya offshore field experienced short-term pipeline leak which was then immediately stopped in a matter of hours.

The leak in Safaniya production pipeline was considered minor, as stated by the concerned industry.

There are no specific reports as to how huge the spill was and how long it had been spilling. However, they said there is nothing to worry about as the concerned parties immediately took action for everybody’s safety.

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US Issues Fines to Oil Spill Contractors

  In Washington, DC last October 13, 2011, the US offshore drilling regulator has officially issued sanctions against BP and other major contractors who were involved in the Deepwater Horizon explosion on 2010 that killed 11 workers and spewed more than 4 million barrels of oil into the Gulf of Mexico.

In accordance to law, the companies face fines as much as $35,000 a day per incident for the violations. In the final accident report issued last month, the Interior Department outlines infractions committed by the companies.

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New Zealand Oil Spill Considered the Worst Ever

New Zealand treats the oil spill from a stranded container ship in The North Island as the worst maritime pollution disaster for the country.

According to the government, the volume of oil spilled from the wrecked vessel Rena, which hit the reef last October 15 has increased 5 times more after it sustained further damage in a storm overnight.

 

Environment minister Nick Smith said, "I’d like to acknowledge this event has come to a stage where it is New Zealand’s most significant maritime environmental disaster."

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Australia to Help New Zealand Oil Spill Cleanup

An oil recovery team from Australia arrived in New Zealand to join hands with the government in dealing with an oil spill by a cargo ship into North Island, as reported by ABC News on October 9, Sunday.

ABC also reported that 10 Australians who worked on the Montara oil spill in Timor Sea two years back joined the on- water response team in New Zealand for that day.

It has been estimated by the officials that 20 tons of oil has been spilled since the Rena hit the Astrolabe Reed last October 5.

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China Investigates Oil Spill

  China has made a major investigation when they detected an oil spill in Bohai Sea off its northern coast.

 

According to the report by Xinhua, the oil spill was discovered last Friday near an oil field in Liaodong Bay by the China National Offshore Oil Corp. The spill happened because an underwater pipe was damaged by the anchors of the ships, as reported by the company.

 

This accident came after another devastating oil spill that happened last June which affected the tourism and aquatic farming.

 

 

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Oil Spill Affects Coast Life Greatly

  Environmentalists in New Zealand gave warning last Friday, October 7 about the big marine disaster as an oil spill from a grounded container ship continued to spread, affecting wildlife such as the whales, penguins, seals and fishes.

 

Just last Tuesday, October 4, not less than 4 seabirds were found dead in the waters around the 236-m long Rena, which ran aground on the Astrolabe reef, 12 nautical miles off Tauranga, in the Bay of Plenty.

 

Environment Minister, Nick Smith, said, “The spill which is now 6 km long as the potential to be New Zealand’s most significant marine pollution disaster in decades.”

 

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