Oil spills and accidents

An oil spill is a release of petroleum into the natural environment. The term oil spill often refers to marine oil spills, when petroleum is released into the sea from damaged tankers. Oil flows on the surface of the sea because it is lighter than water. Petroleum products are very toxic to marine life. Oil spilled in the water often reaches the shore, and severely damages ecosystems for animals and birds in coastal areas. A shoreline habitat may take up to 30 years to recover from a major oil spill. In general, the nature in the Arctic is more vulnerable to oil spills than more southerly ecosystems. Oil spills icy areas are a severe challenge to liquidators. Oil spills most often happen during the loading or transportation of oil

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[ 14.05.2013 ]
Norway’s Petroleum Safety Authority in danger of going soft on environmental crime
Bellona is calling for a debate on the role of Norway’s Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) amid suggestions that only pressure from supervisory bodies compel the government agency to pursue critical legal investigations of environmental crimes.
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[ 21.03.2013 ]
Norway levels country’s second largest environmental fine against Statoil for Gullfaks C incident
Almost three years after the Gullfaks C event – an event described as perhaps the most serious oil drilling near miss on the Norwegian shelf in recent years – the state’s attorney yesterday unveiled Norway’s second largest ever environmental fine in connection with Bellona's investigation of the incident.
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[ 18.03.2013 ]
BP trial turns a stark eye on Halliburton and Transocean
The massive civil trial to determine liability for the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill shifted its focus last week from BP, the owner of the Macondo well, to its partners in the ill-fated drilling operation that led to the explosion of the Deepwater Horizon rig in April 2010, killing 11 and causing the largest oil spill in US history.
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[ 28.02.2013 ]
Shell suspends Arctic drilling plans this year – Norway’s Statoil to continue despite UN appeal
Royal Dutch Shell has said that it will suspend its offshore drilling program in the Arctic for the rest of 2013 in order to give time to ensure safety.
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[ 28.02.2013 ]
Expert witness against BP cites negligence and profit pursuit at safety’s expense in trial
In a heavy blow against BP’s claimed that it was not responsible for gross negligence in the 2010 Deepwater Horizon spill, an expert witness yesterday testified that the oil major disregarded evidence that the Macondo well was unstable.
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[ 25.02.2013 ]
BP seeks settlement prior to civil trials to open Monday – Bellona calls for court
The US government and Gulf of Mexico Coast states are considering offering BP a deal under which it pays $16 billion to settle civil suits stemming from the deadly 2010 Deepwater Horizon explosion and oil spill, the Wall Street Journal reported Saturday.
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[ 25.06.2008 ]
Lukoil spills 4 tons of crude in Northeast Russia

About four tons of oil has spilled from an underground pipeline in the Komi Republic in Russia’s far northeast, The Barent’s Observer reported.

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[ 05.03.2007 ]
Arkhangelsk Sea port threatened by oil wastes

According to regional representative of the Federal Service on Control of Natural Resources Exploitation (Rosprirodnadzor), the White Sea could be affected by the oil pollution.

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[ 30.01.2007 ]
Oil spill in Vologda region

Oil spill in Vologda region occurred on the 683rd kilometer of oil pipeline Ukhta-Yaroslavl on January, 19.

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