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Over the last 19 months, SkyTruth has been working with investigative reporters from the Associated Press on a story that highlights the risks posed by aging vessels which are linked to offshore oil production.
According to a SkyTruth volunteer based in Brazil, the vessel involved in this week’s spill is the tanker Elka Aristotle. And according to a handy vessel traffic site she recently stopped off at “Campos Basin P38” which appears to be an FPSO in the Marlim Sul field of the Campos Basin. Check out this excellent, […]
Brazil just experienced another oil spill, this time close enough to shore that it has fouled a stretch of beach in Rio Grande do Sul. The spill apparently happened while a tanker was offloading a cargo of oil at the Osorio terminal operated by Petrobras, near the city of Tramandai. The spill was reported to […]
Shell’s big oil spill off Nigeria yesterday reportedly occurred during the transfer of oil to a tanker in their Bonga offshore field. Oil is produced in the Bonga Field using an FPSO – basically, a modified oil tanker anchored in place. Oil collected from wells on the seafloor flows up through riser pipes connected to […]