another blow to the oil companys
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Don't know if this has been posted already but a friend of mine was telling me about a massive oil leak in china that has leaked twice as much oil out into the sea than the bp disaster in the gulf, thought i would of heard/seen something about this all over the media as to whats happened, there is a few paragraphs on bbc news web site, any one else heard of this terrible news.
As I understand it, oil leaks are not uncommon.
"In fact, more oil is spilled from the delta's network of terminals, pipes, pumping stations and oil platforms every year than has been lost in the Gulf of Mexico"
As often happens in the media, we'll hear about every oil spill for a month or two, then it'll be forgotten again.
"In fact, more oil is spilled from the delta's network of terminals, pipes, pumping stations and oil platforms every year than has been lost in the Gulf of Mexico"
As often happens in the media, we'll hear about every oil spill for a month or two, then it'll be forgotten again.
Matt.. said:
Thanks for posting that.
Edited by Uhura fighter on Thursday 22 July 13:19
Uhura fighter said:
Matt.. said:
Thanks for posting that.
Edited by Uhura fighter on Thursday 22 July 13:19
some amazing pics in that link just can't get over the fact that this is a common occurance in oil production, yet we're made to belive oil shortage is going to happen and that we must pay more for it which i can understand, but to have poor measures still in place to prevent spills even though they make such high profits just annoys me as no doubt the consumer will be the one who gets the short end of the stick.
Spiritual_Beggar said:
MX7 said:
As I understand it, oil leaks are not uncommon.
Indeed....just ask the US about the Niger Delta 
"In fact, more oil is spilled from the (Niger) delta's network of terminals, pipes, pumping stations and oil platforms every year than has been lost in the Gulf of Mexico"
westtra said:
There was a rather large one in austrailia like the one in the gulf and we heard nothing about that as it doesn't meet the requirements of the UK & USA media/government.
Collectively, there was 10,000,000 barrels of oil spilled during Hurricane Katrina. That is hardly ever heard of.Edited by Jimbeaux on Friday 23 July 04:00
Jimbeaux said:
westtra said:
There was a rather large one in austrailia like the one in the gulf and we heard nothing about that as it doesn't meet the requirements of the UK & USA media/government.
Collectively, there was 10,000,000 barrels of oil spilled during Hurricane Katrina. That is hardly ever heard of.Edited by Jimbeaux on Friday 23 July 04:00
Jimbeaux said:
westtra said:
There was a rather large one in austrailia like the one in the gulf and we heard nothing about that as it doesn't meet the requirements of the UK & USA media/government.
Collectively, there was 10,000,000 barrels of oil spilled during Hurricane Katrina. That is hardly ever heard of.Edited by Jimbeaux on Friday 23 July 04:00
Smiler. said:
I thought that a significant amount of oil ends up in the sea from ships flushing their tanks, or does this no longer happen?
Back in May in the Gulf they kept finding surface oil where they weren't expecting it from the BP spillIt's clear that a lot of ships were just using the spill to be able to cover up their own dumping of rubbish oil
westtra said:
Jimbeaux said:
westtra said:
There was a rather large one in austrailia like the one in the gulf and we heard nothing about that as it doesn't meet the requirements of the UK & USA media/government.
Collectively, there was 10,000,000 barrels of oil spilled during Hurricane Katrina. That is hardly ever heard of.Edited by Jimbeaux on Friday 23 July 04:00
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