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The 2018 Balikpapan oil spill was an oil spill off the coast from the city of Balikpapan, Indonesia. It was caused by a cracked pipeline linked to a Pertamina refinery in the city. A blaze that occurred when the oil spill caught on fire had killed five residents who were in the bay, in addition to causing respiratory problems in the city.
2022 Callao oil spill: Ventanilla District, Callao, Peru: 15 January 2022: 1,626.39: 1,861.68: Repsol [30] 2021 New Orleans oil spill United States, St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana: 27 December 2021: 944.11: 944.11: PBF Energy [31] [32] 2021 Orange County oil spill United States, Orange County, California shoreline 1 October 2021: 424.42: 424.42 ...
2013 – Lac-Mégantic rail disaster kills 47 when an unattended 74-car freight train carrying crude oil rolled downhill and derailed. More than 30 buildings in the town's centre, roughly half of the downtown area, were destroyed. 2014 – Several tanker cars carrying crude oil caught fire along the James River in Lynchburg, Virginia. [17] [18]
2018 Balikpapan oil spill; 2024 Balikpapan mayoral election; B. Balikpapan Sport and Convention Center; Balikpapan–Samarinda Toll Road; Battle of Balikpapan (1945)
An oil spill from tanker MT Princess Empress, which was carrying about 800,000 litres of industrial fuel when it capsized and eventually sank in February last year, took three months to clean up ...
Balikpapan has been chosen as the site of some important governmental agencies such as Komando Daerah Militer VI Tanjungpura and Kepolisian Daerah Kaltim. [64] Balikpapan oil refinery is on the shore of Balikpapan Bay and covers an area of 2.5 square kilometers (0.97 square miles). Founded in 1922, it is the oldest refinery in the area.
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2010: Dalian Pipeline disaster – The explosion of two petroleum pipelines and subsequent fire in the port of Dalian, in northern China's Liaoning province on Saturday, on July 17, 2010, caused fatalities, damages and an ecological disaster, releasing 11,000 barrels of oil into the Yellow Sea, and covering up, according to different sources, from 50 to 430 km 2 of sea and coast lines.