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Argyle Commercial awarded government contract
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on 2 April 2013
Argyle Commercial, one of Australia's Premier Suppliers of Spill Control Products has been awarded a significant contract by the NSW Government...
Established in 1997, Argyle Commercial has been continually expanding and has been supplying the emergency departments with spill control s...
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Company fined $60,000 over Brisbane River oil mishap
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on 16 November 2012
A company has been fined $60,000 over an oil spill in the Brisbane River earlier this year.
The GL Lan Xiu, which was carrying 2000 head of livestock, was refuelling at Hamilton in Brisbane in January when the oil spill occurred.
It took less than five minutes for about 4.5 ...
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BP Norwegian leak small but endangered facility: watchdog
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on 19 September 2012
BP's oil leak at the Ula field in Norway is considered serious because its location posed a risk to the facility itself but the spill was contained and does not currently pose an environment risk, the Petroleum Safety Authority said.
'BP has told us the leak was almost entirely con...
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Eni says oil spill contained in Nigeria's Delta
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on 15 September 2012
Italian oil firm Eni said on Saturday an oil spill near its facilities in the Niger Delta had been contained, but local people said the pollution had spread and damaged their fishing.
Eni said the spill occurred last week about 10 km (six miles) from the Obama flowstation in Bayelsa state....
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Fatal truck accident causes major fuel spillage in Victoria
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on 14 September 2012
A truck has crashed in Victoria's north, killing the driver and causing a major fuel spill that has forced the closure of the Hume Freeway.
Emergency services are on the scene attempting to contain the fuel near Violet Town, south east of Shepparton.
A CFA spokeswoman says an estim...
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