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Coast Guard responds to collision near Port Aransas
May 2, 2012
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — The Coast Guard is responding to a collision between a mobile offshore drilling unit and a tanker vessel Wednesday, near Port Aransas.
Watchstanders at Sector Corpus Christi received a report at 7:25 a.m., that the Rowan EXL-1, a mobile offshore drilling unit, and the 750-foot tanker vessel FR8 Pride had collided in the Aransas Channel, near buoy 3.
The FR8 Pride was heading inbound in the Aransas Pass Channel when it reportedly lost propulsion and drifted into the Rowan EXL-1.
Wildlife federation: Enbridge oil spill didn't spur change in regulations
May 1, 2012
Nearly two years after an Enbridge Energy Partners pipeline ruptured in Marshall, laws covering pipeline safety are inadequate, according to a new report released by the National Wildlife Federation.
The 19-page report made available Monday looks at the patchwork regulatory approach between the various states and describes how a key federal agency -- the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration -- is denied the authority to "prescribe the location or routing of a pipeline."
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Detroit oil spill remains a mystery 10 years later
April 30, 2012Detroit— The first call came in from one of the control towers at drawbridges along the Rouge River.
It was April 10, 2002, and by the time the reports of large amounts of oil in the water reached U.S. Environmental Protection Agency officials, the spill likely had been under way for at least a day. By the time the contaminated flows had stopped, as many as 250,000 gallons of oil had spread over three miles of the Rouge, into the Detroit River and been carried as far south as Lake Erie.
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ExxonMobil cleaning Louisiana oil pipeline spill
May 1, 2012
(CBS/AP) TORBERT, La. - ExxonMobil Corp. says it is cleaning up about 80,000 gallons of oil that spilled from a pipeline in a rural Pointe Coupee Parish, northwest of Baton Rouge.
The company says the pipeline was shut down Saturday night after a loss of pressure. The spilled oil was discovered on Sunday.
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Incidents involving leaking containers loaded with hydrochloric acid
April 26, 2012
The US Coast Guard Sector Houston-Galveston issued a Marine Safety Information Bulletin stating that there have been several recent incidents involving leaking containers loaded with hydrochloric acid being shipped to facilities along the Houston Ship Channel.