Thai oil spill reaches tourist resort
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on 29 July 2013
Crude oil that leaked from a pipeline in the Gulf of Thailand over the weekend has reached a Thai tourist resort, pipeline operator PTT Global Chemical Pcl said on Monday.
Around 50,000 litres of crude oil poured into the sea on Saturday around 20 km (12 miles) off the coast of Rayong, southe...
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Halliburton pleads guilty to destroying Gulf oil spill evidence
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on 25 July 2013
Halliburton Co has agreed to plead guilty to destroying evidence related to the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill, and will pay the maximum possible statutory fine, the U.S. Department of Justice said on Thursday.
The plea agreement requires court approval, and also requires the Houston-based com...
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Gulf rig on fire as natural gas flows from ruptured well
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on 24 July 2013
A shallow-water drilling rig in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Louisiana was on fire on Wednesday after natural gas flowing from a ruptured well ignited, authorities said.
The U.S. Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement said the fire ignited on Hercules Offshore Inc's jack...
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Fuel spill closes Caltex terminal in Sydney
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on 12 July 2013
Caltex Australia Ltd's Banksmeadow fuel terminal at Port Botany in Sydney's south was shut down on Friday after around 130,000 litres of petrol spilled from a storage tank.
Production at Caltex's nearby 124,500 barrel-per-day Kurnell oil refinery was not impacted and supplies to c...
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Shell Nigeria shuts Trans Niger 24 inch pipeline
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on 11 July 2013
Shell Nigeria shut its 24 inch Trans Niger pipeline on Thursday, after a leak was detected, barely a week after the company said it had re-opened the 28-inch pipeline following repair of some crude theft points.
'Details of this latest incident, including cause and size of spill, are uncl...
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