In the wake of the recent Galapagos oil spill comes more bad news from South America. An oil rig, considered the world's largest, sank last week some 75 miles off the coast of Rio - and cruise season is still going strong in that part of the world. Authorities are trying desperately to contain more than 400,000 gallons The oil has poured into the Chiriaco and Morona rivers in northwestern Peru, the government's environment watchdog, OEFA, said. The spill is affecting the Achuar community and heavy rains have hampered efforts to contain it, local indigenous leader Edwin Montenegro said. More on Peru's Achuar.

12 Jun 2013 The oil from the 2010 Deepwater Horizon spill in the Gulf of Mexico was Citation: Michel J, Owens EH, Zengel S, Graham A, Nixon Z, Allard T,  11 Dec 2018 Effects of a Chronic Oil Spill on the Planktonic System in San Jorge Gulf, Marine fronts at the continental shelves of austral South America:  30 Jul 2019 Patagonia is a biodiversity hotspot encompassing the vast southernmost tip of South America. It's shared by Chile (to the west) and Argentina (to  30 Apr 2010 The key lesson from the Exxon Valdez is that the oil spill continues to have an And tourism spending decreased by 8 percent in south central 

Oil spill threatens vast areas of mangroves and coral reefs in Brazil This article is more than 4 months old Pollution stretches across 2,400km of coastline, with scientists fearing contamination

Forty-thousand liters (approximately 10,600 gallons) of diesel oil have spilled into the waters of Chile's Patagonia, a biodiversity hotspot at the tip of South America. The Chilean navy confirmed the oil spill Saturday after receiving a call from CAP, a mining company, informing it of a spill from its terminal on Guarello Island, The Associated Press reported . Forty thousand litres of diesel oil has been spilled into the sea in a remote and pristine area of Patagonia, Chile’s navy confirmed on Sunday. The spillage occurred in the Chilean section of Patagonia – a region that encompasses the southern tip of South America and spans both Chile and Argentina. Oil spill threatens vast areas of mangroves and coral reefs in Brazil This article is more than 4 months old Pollution stretches across 2,400km of coastline, with scientists fearing contamination In this one, diesel oil has spilled into the waters Patagonia, in Chile. Patagonia is a biodiversity hotspot encompassing the vast southernmost tip of South America. It’s shared by Chile (to the Oil giant Royal Dutch Shell agrees to a $84m (£55m) settlement with residents of the Bodo community in the Niger Delta for two major oil spills. It was five years ago today that an undersea BP oil well exploded in the Gulf of Mexico 40 miles off the Louisiana coastline, killing 11 workers on the Deepwater Horizon rig and causing one of the worst environmental disasters in US history. Source of vast oil spill covering Brazil's northeast coast unknown. Native to South America, these carnivorous bottom-feeders hang out in the shallows of streams and swamps, where their

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22 Jun 2010 Details of the ten worst oil spills in history by volume, date, location, and Click on a blue circle to read specific statistics about each oil spill  28 Apr 2010 Many of us think of the Exxon Valdez oil spill as a particularly bad one, but In November 1988, the American-owned oil tanker Odyssey split in two the coast of Cape Town, marking the largest spill to date in South Africa.

19 Nov 2019 Number of areas impacted could be bigger, as new reports of oil agency Ibama shows that 643 areas have been hit by an oil spill that Thick smoke from human-caused fires in the Amazon spreads across South America 

27 Dec 2019 Two months after a pipeline ruptured and spilled crude oil over a wide swath of South Sudan's former Unity State, residents and government  5 Nov 2019 Silva, who volunteered on the Itapuama Beach, South of Recife, said that she and her friend collected 80 kilograms of oil with their bare hands 

An oil spill is the release of a liquid petroleum hydrocarbon into the environment, especially the marine ecosystem, due to human activity, and is a form of pollution. The term is usually given to marine oil spills, where oil is released into the ocean or coastal waters, but spills may also occur on land.

TIER 3 RESPONSE FOR SOUTH AMERICA PROTOCOL FOR ASSESSING THE EXTENT OF CRUDE OIL SPILLED IN A RESIDENTIAL AREA FOLLOWING   Upon visual inspection it is clear that the South American coun- tries and islands are at high risk from potential oil spills from all types of transport, mainly crude  Oil Spill Response Limited (OSRL) is the largest international industry-funded oil spill response cooperative which exists to respond to oil spills wherever in the  Audunson, T., H. K. Celius, O. Johansen, P. Steinbakke, and S. Sörstrom, 1984. 1989 Oil Spill Conference Proceedings: American Petroleum Institute,  In the BP Oil Spill, more than 200 million gallons of crude oil was pumped into the Gulf of Mexico for a total of 87 days, making it the biggest oil spill in U.S.  19 Nov 2019 Number of areas impacted could be bigger, as new reports of oil agency Ibama shows that 643 areas have been hit by an oil spill that Thick smoke from human-caused fires in the Amazon spreads across South America  NEW BOOK: Black Tide: The Devastating Impact of the Gulf Oil Spill It s been seven years since BP s Deepwater Horizon rig blew up in the Gulf BP has the worst environmental and safety record of any oil company operating in America.

22 Jun 2010 Details of the ten worst oil spills in history by volume, date, location, and Click on a blue circle to read specific statistics about each oil spill  28 Apr 2010 Many of us think of the Exxon Valdez oil spill as a particularly bad one, but In November 1988, the American-owned oil tanker Odyssey split in two the coast of Cape Town, marking the largest spill to date in South Africa. 12 Jun 2013 The oil from the 2010 Deepwater Horizon spill in the Gulf of Mexico was Citation: Michel J, Owens EH, Zengel S, Graham A, Nixon Z, Allard T,  11 Dec 2018 Effects of a Chronic Oil Spill on the Planktonic System in San Jorge Gulf, Marine fronts at the continental shelves of austral South America:  30 Jul 2019 Patagonia is a biodiversity hotspot encompassing the vast southernmost tip of South America. It's shared by Chile (to the west) and Argentina (to  30 Apr 2010 The key lesson from the Exxon Valdez is that the oil spill continues to have an And tourism spending decreased by 8 percent in south central  29 Jul 2019 SANTIAGO – The Chilean Navy has contained a massive oil spill into the sea and moved into the waters of the South Pacific, the navy said.