Ten oil spills detected in flood-hit Colorado
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on 19 September 2013
Political and environmental pressure mounted on energy companies in Colorado on Thursday, as officials tried to assess the damage from oil and gas spills that followed last week's heavy flooding.\
Regulators were tracking 10 oil spills in the north-central portion of the state, where e...
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Chinese chemical company apologises for fish-killing toxic spill
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on 6 September 2013
A Shenzhen-listed company identified by authorities as being responsible for a toxic spill that killed thousands of river fish apologised on Friday and said it would punish those responsible.
Hubei Shuanghuan Science and Technology Stock Co. , a manufacturer of inorganic chemicals, said it...
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Shell says it's containing oil spill in Nigeria's Delta
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on 23 August 2013
Royal Dutch Shell's Nigerian unit is containing an oil spill in the Niger Delta, the company said on Friday, after the military reported liquid 'jetting' out of a pipeline.
Massive oil theft, sabotage of infrastructure and leaks from ageing pipelines are all cutting into the pr...
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Oil spill near Los Angeles minor, secured, remediation under way
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on 7 August 2013
A crude oil pipeline near an Alon Energy USA asphalt refinery in the Los Angeles area leaked about two barrels of crude on Tuesday, but the leak was secured and crews are removing and treating soil in the area, an Alon spokesman said on Wednesday.
Alon subsidiary Paramount Petroleum Corp o...
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Enbridge begins fresh clean-up on 2010 Michigan oil spill
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on 30 July 2013
Enbridge Energy Partners LP has begun a new round of dredging on the Kalamazoo River, Michigan, to clean up oil from a huge pipeline spill in 2010, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said on Tuesday.
More than 20,000 barrels of heavy Canadian crude oil gushed into the Kalamazoo River sy...
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