Tag: oil spill

• Thursday, May 19th 2022 - 09:04 UTC

  Peruvian prosecutors to seek extradition of oil spill case tanker captain

  

  Peruvian authorities are seeking the extradition of the captain of the Italian-flagged Mare Doricum oil tanker, whom Repsol accuses of being responsible for the maneuvers that resulted in the oil spill at the La Pampilla refinery, 4 kilometers from the Ventanilla district.

• Tuesday, February 15th 2022 - 09:35 UTC

  Repsol now blames Italian tanker for oil slick off Peru's shore

  

  Spanish state-run oil company Repsol now blames a “sudden movement” of the Italian-flagged Mare Doricum tanker caused the Jan. 15 spill of thousands of barrels of crude oil off the coast of Lima, which has caused a major environmental disaster in the region.

• Tuesday, February 8th 2022 - 21:46 UTC

  Two people needed hospitalization due to oil spill off Peru's shore

  

  Two people have been hospitalized as a result of the effects of contaminated Pacific Ocean waters stemming from the Repsol oi spill off Callao, Peruvian authorities said Tuesday.

• Friday, February 4th 2022 - 09:50 UTC

  Ecuadorian authorities speak of “major disaster” following oil spill last week

  

  An oil spill in Ecuador in late January has been spreading over the past few days throughout the Yasuní area reaching unforeseen proportions, it was reported Wednesday.

• Saturday, January 29th 2022 - 09:27 UTC

  Repsol spill in Peru twice the size reported originally, minister says

  

  Peru's Environment Minister Rubén Ramírez Friday denounced the amount of crude oil spilled into the Pacific Ocean was almost twice as much as the amount reported so far.

• Thursday, January 27th 2022 - 09:45 UTC

  Second oil spill spotted near Repsol refinery in Peru

  

  A new oil spill has been spotted off the multi-buoy Terminal 2 of Repsol's La Pampilla refinery, Peru's Navy and the Environmental Assessment and Enforcement Agency (OEFA) reported Tuesday.

• Monday, January 24th 2022 - 09:58 UTC

  Peruvian scientists contradict Repsol's account for the oil spill at sea

  

  A report issued by Peru's Supervisory Body for Investment in Energy and Mining (Osinergmin) has found that “anomalous waves” were not the cause for the major oil spill off the coast of Ventanilla.

• Thursday, January 20th 2022 - 09:53 UTC

  Peru wants Repsol to pay damages for oil spill amid Tonga volcano eruption

  

  Peru's Foreign Ministry Wednesday filed a lawsuit against Spanish oil company Repsol for damages caused by a spill in Ventanilla, in the province Callao province.

• Friday, December 17th 2021 - 21:20 UTC

  Picture of canvas swimming pool to contain oil spill in Argentina goes viral

  

  The picture of a canvas swimming pool designed for the backyard of a modest income family has been used by oil pipeline operators Oldelval to contain a crude spill of over 3 million liters in Argentine Patagonia has gone viral.

• Wednesday, December 15th 2021 - 08:42 UTC

  Argentina: Pipeline oil spill in Río Negro exceeded 3 million liters

  

  Environment authorities in the Argentine province of Río Negro Tuesday confirmed the oil spill from the Oldelval pipeline in the past few days exceeded 3 million liters, while the company's remediation plan is still to be approved.