oil spill management News
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Energy giant slammed for oil spill in Thai sea
Critics on Thursday slammed Thailand's state-owned oil and gas company for its allegedly inefficient response to an oil spill that polluted a popular tourist island, as cleanup operations continued for a sixth day. About 50,000 liters (13,200 gallons) of crude oil - around the amount contained in 1 1/2 tanker trucks - spilled into the Gulf of Thailand off Samet Island on Saturday morning from a ...
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New Oil Spill Response Partnership in Uganda
New partnership between DESMI and waste management firm Epsilon Ltd. ready to reduce potential devastating oil spillage in Uganda. The partnership was officially launched in October at the residence of the Danish Ambassador in Uganda, Mogens Pedersen with participation of representatives from both the private and public sector of Uganda. At the event, The Danish ambassador described Danish ...
By DESMI A/S
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Thailand resort beach blackened by oil spill
Black waves of crude oil washed up on a beach at a popular tourist island in Thailand's eastern sea despite continuous attempts to clean up the oil up over the weekend after it leaked from a pipeline, officials said Monday. Tourists on Samet island were warned to stay away from the beach marred by inky globs as hundreds of workers in white jumpsuits labored to scrape the sand clean and remove ...
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Rutter Partners on US$2.0 Million Order for Integrated Oil Spill Solution Technology
ST. JOHN'S, Canada - Canadian based Rutter Technologies, a division of Rutter Inc. (TSX:RUT), and its Norwegian partner, Aptomar AS, are announcing orders for six Integrated Oil Spill Response and Management Systems. This comes on the heels of the recent certification of the technology by the Norwegian Clean Seas Association (NOFO) following the conclusion of trials in June. The Integrated Oil ...
By Rutter Inc.
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US Coast Guard Response Leader to Join O`Brien`s Response Management
O'Brien's Response Management is pleased to announce that Captain Ed Stanton, United States Coast Guard, will join O'Brien's as Executive Vice President, Response Services on July 18, 2011, following his retirement from the Coast Guard. Stanton comes to O'Brien's after 36 years on active duty in the Coast Guard. During his long career he specialized in emergency management, oil spills and ...
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DESMI Adds Accredited Oil Spill Response Training
Leading oil recovery solution manufacturer DESMI has obtained Nautical Institute accreditation for its IMO Oil Pollution Preparedness and Response (OPRC) training courses, becoming a one-stop shop for its customers around the world. In many spheres of education, it’s enough for course instructors to have a theoretical understanding of the field. In oil spill response, however, DESMI ...
By DESMI A/S
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EPA Settles Clean Water Act Violations in Arkansas
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced today that it has entered into a consent agreement and final order (CAFO) with Whiting Oil and Gas Corporation to resolve violations involving 820 barrels of crude oil released on Sept. 23, 2012, in Ouachita County, Ark. The settlement requires Whiting Oil and Gas to pay a civil penalty of $58,570 to the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund. On the ...
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Business Finland awarded Lamor’s innovation-based business model as one of the winners of their Competitive Bidding for Growth Engines
Business Finland has selected four companies as the winners of their growth engine competition: Lamor, Unikie, Vaadin and Family in Music. Each company is committed to pursuing at least EUR 1 billion in new innovation-driven business in its ecosystems, of which they are key companies. Growth engines are implemented through a company-driven partnership model between companies, research ...
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Coast guard and EPA send directive to BP on oil spill waste management plan (HQ, AL, FL, LA, MS)
Today, the U.S. Coast Guard, with U.S. Environmental Protection Agency agreement, issued a directive to BP on how the company should manage recovered oil, contaminated materials and liquid and solid wastes recovered in cleanup operations from the BP oil spill. The U.S. Coast Guard, along with EPA, and in consultation with the states, will hold BP accountable for the implementation of the approved ...
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Lamor to consolidate subsidiary Corena Group Ab to better serve customers
Lamor Corporation’s board of directors decided to consolidate Corena Group Ab, a wholly-owned subsidiary, under OneLamor strategy. The merger is expected to take effect on 1 April 2020 and will not affect clients. “This is a fantastic opportunity to better serve our customers,” says Mika Pirneskoski, Lamor CEO. “By bringing Corena Group Ab fully into the Lamor ...
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Lamor expands its expertise to Waste Management and Water Treatment services
Lamor is entering a new era in its history with even bigger goals to clean the world. Being an expert in oil spill response equipment and services, we are now expanding our focus from cleaning oil spills to cover also waste management and water treatment ...
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ExxonMobil Pipeline Company to Pay $1,437,120 Civil Penalty Under Proposed Settlement for Torbert, Louisiana Oil Spill
ExxonMobil Pipeline Company (ExxonMobil) has agreed to pay a civil penalty for an alleged violation of the Clean Water Act stemming from a 2012 crude oil spill from ExxonMobil’s “North Line” pipeline near Torbert, Louisiana, the Department of Justice and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced today. Under the consent decree lodged today in federal court, ExxonMobil ...
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EPA announces Pacific environmental enforcement accomplishments for 2006; Closure of CNMI’s Puerto Rico Dump, hazardous waste related cases highlight year
11/14/06 -- HONOLULU ) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s enforcement actions in Guam, American Samoa and CNMI for 2006 brought environmental and public benefits for the state’s residents as polluters committed to more than $14.4 million to correct environmental violations and prevent future pollution. This year continues the successful efforts in terms of polluters ...
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EVTN Files Patents for Oil Spill Recovery Technology
FORTLAUDERDALE, Fla. - Enviro Voraxial Technology, Inc. (OTCBB: EVTN) today announced that the Company recently filed three patents related to oil spill recovery, more specifically its unique Submersible Voraxial® Separator. The Submersible Voraxial® Separator will be the principal element in EVTN's strategic initiative to penetrate the oil spill recovery market. Management believes ...
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Texas Company to Pay $1.6M for Oil Spill Violations
Superior Crude Gathering Inc. (Superior Crude) has agreed to pay a civil penalty for alleged violations of the Clean Water Act stemming from a 2010 crude oil spill from tanks at Superior’s oil storage facility in Ingleside, Texas, the Department of Justice and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced today. Under the consent decree lodged today in federal court, Superior will pay ...
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NOFO Accelerates Spill Recovery with DESMI Speed-Sweep
Safeguarding Norway NOFO (Norwegian Clean Seas Association for Operating Companies) operates on behalf of 30 offshore operators, establishing and managing oil spill response preparedness in Norwegian coastal and open sea regions. The organization’s total oil recovery capacity is from 100-200,000 barrels per day. From an oil spill response perspective, Norway’s waters, with their cold ...
By DESMI A/S
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New online oil spill risk tool provides local, specific information for coastal managers
A new oil-spill risk-management system has been developed by researchers, which shows the likely effects of a coastal spill on the environment and economic activities for specific locations. It provides maps of oil-spill risk through a web portal and could help decision makers and emergency-response authorities protect the local environment and businesses through targeted and efficient planning ...
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Lamor opens office in India to help booming subcontinent with environmental services
India has 18th longest total coastal length among all world countries. The Indian coast-line stretches over 7516.6 km of land and thus, makes India one of the biggest peninsulas of the world with over 200 major/minor ports. The vast Indian Coast is protected by the Indian Coast Guard which is the 4th largest Coast Guard in the world. Lamor has successfully offered environmental services and ...
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Offshore Oil Platform Owner to Improve Safety and Operations in Gulf of Mexico Following Unauthorized Oil Discharges
Under a settlement agreement with the United States, ATP Infrastructure Partners, LP (ATP-IP) will pay a $1 million civil penalty and perform corrective measures to resolve claims by the U.S. under the Clean Water Act and the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (OCSLA) of unauthorized discharges of oil and chemicals from an oil platform into the Gulf of Mexico, announced the U.S. Environmental ...
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Joint EPA and BLM investigation results in funding for Wyoming natural resources and oil spill cleanup (Carbon County)
Nadel and Gussman Rockies, LLC (NGR), an oil and gas production company based in Tulsa, Okla., will pay a total of $1 million in fines, restitution and community service contributions after previously pleading guilty to Clean Water Act (CWA) violations stemming from its role in the illegal discharge of more than 4,700 gallons of crude oil into a tributary of the North Platte River near Rawlins, ...
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