• The Torrey Canyon oil spill was one of the world's most serious oil spills. The supertanker SS Torrey Canyon ran aground on rocks off the south-west coast...
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  • SS Torrey Canyon was an LR2 Suezmax class oil tanker with a cargo capacity of 118,285 long tons (120,183 t) of crude oil. She ran aground off the western...
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    The Deepwater Horizon oil spill (also referred to as the "BP oil spill") was an environmental disaster which began on 20 April 2010, off the coast of the...
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    In 1992, Amoco decided not to appeal against the court order. Torrey Canyon oil spill – nearby and similar disaster in 1967 MT Haven – formerly Amoco...
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    Deepwater Horizon oil spill (also referred to as the BP oil spill, the Gulf of Mexico oil spill or the Macondo blowout). It was a massive oil spill in the Gulf...
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    The Perkins and Will partnership, and completed in 1973 as the Standard Oil Building (nicknamed "Big Stan"). With 83 floors and a height of 1,136 feet...
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    Organization responding to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. He is the chair of the international industry-led Oil and Gas Climate Initiative (OGCI). He is a...
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  • leaving the well gushing at the seabed and becoming the largest marine oil spill in history. Built in 2001 in South Korea by Hyundai Heavy Industries,...
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    also caused an oil well fire and a massive offshore oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, considered the largest accidental marine oil spill in the world, and...
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    discuss BP's responsibility for the effects of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. He caused a PR uproar by afterwards expressing BP's concern for the common...
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    The Prudhoe Bay oil spill (2006 Alaskan oil spill) was an oil spill that was discovered on March 2, 2006, at a pipeline owned by BP Exploration, Alaska...
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    dispersants to be more environmentally sensitive.[when?] After the Torrey Canyon spill, new boat-spraying systems were developed. Later reformulations allowed...
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    2010 when he was replaced by Bob Dudley following the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. He was chairman of Glencore Xstrata from 2014 to 2021. Tony Hayward was...
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  • Mostert. Oswego-Guardian/Texanita collision Venpet-Venoil collision Torrey Canyon oil spill 商船建造の步み. Mitsubishi Zōsen Kabushiki Kaisha. 1959. p. 124. "South...
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  • disaster and they should abort instead. A famous example is the Torrey Canyon oil spill in which a tanker ran aground when its captain persisted with a...
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  • Atlantis oil field is the third largest oil field in the Gulf of Mexico. The field was discovered in 1998 and is located at the Green Canyon blocks 699...
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    first in a series of accidents (which culminated in the Deepwater Horizon oil spill) that seriously tarnished BP's reputation, especially in the U.S. The...
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    ExxonMobil joint venture semi-submersible oil platform on location over the Mississippi Canyon Thunder Horse oil field (Block 778/822), in deepwater Gulf...
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  • in this period following the great London smog of 1952 and the Torrey Canyon oil spill of 1967. This is reflected by the emergence of Green politics in...
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    liability for deliberate discharge of oil into marine waters. Two years following the Torrey Canyon spill, an oil platform eruption in the Santa Barbara...
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  • list of oil spills that have occurred throughout the world and spill(s) that are currently ongoing. Quantities are measured in tonnes of crude oil with one...
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  • Castrol Limited is a British oil company that markets industrial and automotive lubricants, offering a wide range of oil, greases and similar products...
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    Alyeska Pipeline Service Company (category Oil companies of the United States)
    was partially responsible for helping to respond to the Exxon Valdez oil spill. However, Alyeska Pipeline was unprepared for the events, and consequently...
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  • Mississippi River oil spill (1962–1963) Torrey Canyon oil spill off the SW coast of the United Kingdom, February 1967 Lago Agrio oil field spills in Ecuador...
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    the gas pump for the highest 93 octane blends. The Deepwater Horizon oil spill of 2010 tarnished the BP brand in the US resulting in a rethinking of...
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  • treason and intentions of staging a coup. March 18 Torrey Canyon oil spill: The supertanker SS Torrey Canyon runs aground between Land's End and the Scilly...
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    The Burmah Oil Company was a leading British oil company which was once a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index. In 1966, Castrol was acquired by Burmah,...
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    Anglo-Persian Oil Company (APOC; Persian: شرکت نفت ایران و انگلیس) was a British company founded in 1909 following the discovery of a large oil field in Masjed...
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    to public prominence was his environmental consultancy on the Torrey Canyon oil spill in 1967, about which he wrote a paper in the leading scientific...
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    The Standard Oil Company (Ohio) was an American petroleum company that existed from 1870 to 1987. The company, known commonly as Sohio, was founded by...
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