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• Fresh Oil Spill Hit Bayelsa Communities, Pollutes Taylor Creek - It Is ... - AllAfrica.com
  

  Fresh Oil Spill Hit Bayelsa Communities, Pollutes Taylor Creek - It Is ... AllAfrica.com Yenagoa — Communities in the downstream of the Taylor creek traversing Bayelsa communities in Yenagoa local government area have been hit by a fresh oil spill from a Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) facility. The latest incident, it was ... and more »

  
  
  
• Shipwreck Oil Spill Time Bombs Identified - Discovery News
  

  Shipwreck Oil Spill Time Bombs Identified Discovery News When a ship sinks, it may carry oil with it into the abyss. Storms, corrosion and other events can cause that oil to leak out and contaminate the sea, which kills marine life and poses a health risk to people. Out of approximately 20,000 shipwrecks in ...

  
  
  
• Should There be a Cap on Oil Spill Payouts? - Fox Business
  

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  Should There be a Cap on Oil Spill Payouts? Fox Business LONDON – A group of accountancy professors is backing BP's fight to cap the U.S. oil spill compensation payouts it has to fund as the cash outflow threatens to add billions of dollars to its bill for the disaster. The news comes after the payouts ... Mexico: Citizens prepare civil lawsuit against BP for 2010 oil spillBusiness Insurance Important BP oil spill lawsuit updateOilVoice (press release) Should there be a cap on oil spill payouts? A group of accounting professors ...Seeking Alpha WAVY-TV all 7 news articles »

  
  
  
• DEC responds to oil spill at Eadsville - Sewardcity News
  

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  DEC responds to oil spill at Eadsville Sewardcity News The Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation was called late on Friday night, May 17th to investigate 6-8 damaged fifty-gallon drums of oil that were apparently leaking their contents onto property near Salmon Creek, off Nash Road and the Seward ...

  
  
  
• Lawrence Anthony Earth Organization Creates Change Oil Spill Response ... - PR Newswire (press release)
  

  Lawrence Anthony Earth Organization Creates Change Oil Spill Response ... PR Newswire (press release) Used by workers during the Exxon Valdez oil spill cleanup and more recently on the BP spill in the Gulf of Mexico, Corexit dispersants brought severe illness and early death to many tribal member's relatives working to save their life-supporting ... and more »

  
  
  
• Alberta Oil Spills: A Look Over 37 Years By Global News - Huffington Post Canada
  

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  Alberta Oil Spills: A Look Over 37 Years By Global News Huffington Post Canada Wreckage and black oil from the August 3rd train derailment and subsequent oil spill are seen lining the shore and waters of Lake Wabamun on Monday, August 8, 2005, as clean-up continues. Lake Wabamun was severely polluted when a train carrying ... Watching the pipelines: How good are Alberta's energy regulators?globalnews.ca all 7 news articles »

  
  
  
• Anatomy of an oil spill - globalnews.ca
  

  Anatomy of an oil spill globalnews.ca The province's oil spill capital, according to the provincial regulator's numbers, is about 50 kilometres north of Bonnyville, where Canadian Natural Resources Limited has its large Wolf Lake central treating facility. There have been 157 spills in ...

  
  
  
• CP Railway reopens line, cleans up after oil spill - Reuters
  

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  CP Railway reopens line, cleans up after oil spill Reuters TORONTO (Reuters) - Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd said on Wednesday it has repaired and reopened a rail line near Jansen, Saskatchewan, and continues to clean up after a derailment that spilled 575 barrels of crude oil on Tuesday. CP, the country's ... Sask. train derailment leads to oil spillStarPhoenix Derailed train in Canada spills 91000 liters of oilPress TV Oil spill cleanup underway after Sask. train derailmentTheChronicleHerald.ca DigitalJournal.com -Bloomberg all 29 news articles »

  
  
  
• Officials looking for source of oil spill hitting Galveston beaches - Houston Chronicle
  

  Officials looking for source of oil spill hitting Galveston beaches Houston Chronicle Anhart estimated that about 50 gallons of oil spilled over the 1-1/2 mile stretch of shoreline. A European shipping company hired the clean-up crews to pick up the oil, but it has not been determined whether the company was responsible for the spill ... and more »

  
  
  
• BP moves to stop 'irreparable harm' of oil spill payouts - Financial Times
  

  BP moves to stop 'irreparable harm' of oil spill payouts Financial Times BP has stepped up its efforts to challenge what it believes are unjustified compensation payments under the multibillion-dollar settlement it agreed with victims of the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill. The British oil group has doubled the rate at which ...