Tag: oil leak

• Monday, February 12th 2024 - 09:57 UTC

  Oil leak off Trinidad and Tobago causes national environmental emergency

  

  An oil leak from an unflagged overturned ship named Gulfstream off the coast of Trinidad and Tobago has led Prime Minister Keith Rowley to declare Sunday a national emergency because the situation along some 15 km of coastline in Tobago is “not under control.” The mystery vessel capsized Wednesday off the coast of the Cove Eco-Industrial Park in southern Tobago, and currents have dragged the boat shoreward.

• Monday, April 27th 2015 - 10:04 UTC

  Petrobras halts production in four platforms off Sergipe following a leak

  

  Petrobras oil platforms off the north-east coast of Brazil have halted production after a leak of about 44 barrels (7000 liters) of oil was detected coming from a pipeline linking them, a local oil workers union head said over the weekend.

• Wednesday, February 1st 2012 - 06:55 UTC

  Brazil’s Petrobras admits second oil spill in less than a week

  

  Brazil's state-run energy giant Petrobras on Tuesday reported that 160 barrels of crude oil may have spilled from a deep-water well off Sao Paulo state but said the situation was under control.