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Miros Launches Cloud-based Oil Spill Detection Monitoring Tool

MarineLink 03 Apr 2025
Miros, a global ocean insights specialist for maritime and offshore operations, has further expanded its product line with the launch of the Oil Spill Detection (OSD) Monitoring application in Miros Cloud ... accountability for offshore operators and proactive oil spill management....
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Takeaways from AP's story on safety concerns about Shell's fleet of oil production ships

The Call 03 Apr 2025
The Bonga oil spill ... The spill wasn't noticed for more than four hours, and 40,000 barrels of oil spilled into the Atlantic ... An internal review of Shell's oil production ship fleet in 2022 shows that, 11 years after the Bonga spill, problems remained ... Oil transfer systems were what failed in the 2011 spill....
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Takeaways from AP’s story on safety concerns about Shell’s fleet of oil production ships

Wtop 03 Apr 2025
The Bonga oil spill ... The spill wasn’t noticed for more than four hours, and 40,000 barrels of oil spilled into the Atlantic ... An internal review of Shell’s oil production ship fleet in 2022 shows that, 11 years after the Bonga spill, problems remained ... Oil transfer systems were what failed in the 2011 spill....
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Leaked files raise fears over safety of Shell oil production fleet, years after devastating spill

Newsday 03 Apr 2025
By then, about 40,000 barrels of oil had escaped into the Atlantic Ocean, according to an English High Court evaluation, making the December 2011 incident one of Nigeria’s worst spills in a decade. At the height of the spill, an oil slick spread over 685 square miles (1,776 square kilometers), twice the size of New York City....
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Maa traffic hit after car rams lamp post, keels over

The Times of India 03 Apr 2025
Kolkata ... Engine oil had spilled on the road, and sand had to be arranged to ensure that other cars did not skid ... — Dwaipayan Ghosh ....
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Denmark's naval modernization plan reflects threats from Russia, US

Defense One 03 Apr 2025
Scores of smaller, more capable boats will likely replace the MHV 800 class of 83-ton patrol vessels ... To make the most of Danish Defense's limited funds, the ships will be primarily used to contain chemical and oil spills but will also be used for patrol, surveillance, training, and minelaying ... the three Iver Huitfeldt-class air-defense frigates ... ....
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O.C. public defender who exposed jailhouse snitch scandal is retiring, but not done

The Los Angeles Times 03 Apr 2025
Aerosmith, the Eagles and the Rolling Stones crooned from the speakers at Vacation Bar in Santa Ana last Thursday. The gift table was near the entrance ... O.C ... There were photos of a baby-faced Sanders on his first day on the job, fresh from stints working for the Peace Corps and for lawyers representing fishermen affected by the Exxon Valdez oil spill....
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Peruvian fishers sue for additional compensation after big December oil spill

Mongabay 02 Apr 2025
The tide had moved a huge oil spill northward, and it had now coated 10 kilometers (6 miles) of coastline in black. The day after the spill, state oil company Petroperú said in its first report to the national environmental regulator, OEFA, that it had detected a leak of 0.9 ......
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Fines for 4 men from Dutch dredging boat linked to worst oil spill in S’pore ...

Straits Times 02 Apr 2025
Around 400 tonnes of fuel were leaked into the sea after an accident in June 2024 .......
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Alameda mayor: How you can help the globe locally this Earth Month

East Bay Times 02 Apr 2025
The catalyst for the first Earth Day — April 22, 1970 — was a massive oil spill off the Santa Barbara coast in January 1969 that released more than 4 million gallons of crude oil into the Pacific Ocean, killing thousands of seabirds and sea mammals and fouling beaches. The spill was caused by an oil well blowout that occurred because the U.S....
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Earth Day: Origins, 2025 date, Earth Day activities to help you celebrate this year

Canton Repository 02 Apr 2025
National Heritage Areas. History and Impact ... When you were younger, you may have learned that April 22 is Earth Day ... Gaylord Nelson, a former governor, state senator, and U.S ... The idea came from touring California after a huge oil spill and watching university students raise awareness of the Vietnam War with teach-ins. Why is Earth Day on April 22?....
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‘This is the safest way I’ve been dealing with tailgaters for decades’: Driver gets followed ...

The Daily Dot 02 Apr 2025
A driver frustrated with aggressive tailgating shared a tactic online to remedy this problem. User Mr. Bigs (@soulgearmrbigs) posted a viral TikTok highlighting what this defense protocol is ... Numerous folks who replied to his video applauded the maneuver. Rocky road ... oil ... This caused oil to spill on the road, which made the officer's vehicle spin out ... ....

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