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The Kirki was a 210-metre-long Greek-registered oil tanker which caught fire in the early morning of 21 July 1991, 30 km west of the fishing town of Cervantes, Western Australia, causing what at the time was the worst oil spill to have occurred in Australian waters.
Oil tanker Kirki oil spill – 1991 [16] Moura coal mine explosion – 1994 [ 17 ] Xstrata's Oaky Creek coal mine, miner lost his life when vehicle was driven over the edge of the excavation due to the substandard condition of the workplace – 1996 [ 18 ]
This is a reverse-chronological 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 tonne roughly equal to 308 US gallons, 256 Imperial gallons, 7.33 barrels, or 1165 litres.
MV Kirki Greece: The tanker broke in two in the Indian Ocean 22 nautical miles (41 km) off Cervantes, Western Australia during a storm. The bow section sank. The stern section caught fire five times but each time the rough seas put the fire out. Kirki was towed to Dampier, Western Australia, where
The spill appears to have moved quickly after the initial incident. On 24 December, satellite images reviewed by BBC Verify showed oil accumulating on a beach in Anapa - some 40 miles from the strait.
Kirki (tanker), an oil tanker causing the oil spill outside of Australia on 21 July 1991; Kirki, Republic of Dagestan, a rural locality in Dagestan, Russia; the Andean instrument Charango; the Indian city founded in 1610 that was renamed Aurangabad in 1653
The volume of oil spilled has not been determined, but activists have published images of polluted farmland, water surfaces blighted The post Oil spill makes environmental problems worse in Niger ...
Companies linked to two cargo ships accused of damaging an oil pipeline months before it ruptured off the Southern California coast have agreed to pay $45 million to settle lawsuits.