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  2. 2018 Balikpapan oil spill - Wikipedia

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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.

  3. List of disasters in Indonesia - Wikipedia

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    In 2015, a string of forest fires caused widespread toxic haze, and were described by the Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency as a "crime against humanity". [33] On 1 April 2018, an oil pipeline owned by state firm Pertamina burst in Balikpapan Bay, Borneo. The oil subsequently ignited leaving several fishermen dead. [34] [35]

  4. List of oil spills - Wikipedia

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    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 .

  5. List of pipeline accidents in the United States in the 1970s

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    A crude oil spill was spotted coming from a leaking oil pipeline off of Grand Isle, Louisiana. About 8,000 barrels of crude were spilled. [45] A Texas-New Mexico Pipeline Company crude oil pipeline ruptured near Shiprock, New Mexico, spilling 285,000 US gallons (1,080,000 L) of crude oil into the San Juan River, polluting it for 100 miles ...

  6. 2015 Southeast Asian haze - Wikipedia

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    The 2015 Southeast Asian haze was an air pollution crisis affecting several countries in Southeast Asia, including Brunei, Indonesia (especially its islands of Sumatra and Borneo), Malaysia, Singapore, southern Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia and the Philippines.

  7. List of environmental disasters - Wikipedia

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    Odyssey tanker shipwreck and oil spill, off the coast of Nova Scotia, November 1988; Exxon Valdez oil spill in the Prince William Sound, Alaska, March 1989; Gulf War oil spill into the Persian Gulf, January 1991; MT Haven explosion and oil spill of the coast of Italy, April 1991; ABT Summer explosion and oil spill off the coast of Angola, May 1991

  8. Oil spill - Wikipedia

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    An oil spill is the release of a liquid petroleum hydrocarbon into the environment, especially the marine ecosystem, due to human activity, and is a form of pollution.The term is usually given to marine oil spills, where oil is released into the ocean or coastal waters, but spills may also occur on land.

  9. Borneo Orangutan Survival - Wikipedia

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    Wanariset began as a tropical forest research station near Balikpapan in the Indonesian Province of East Kalimantan and, in 1991, started to be used as an orangutan rescue and rehabilitation centre. After purchasing land in Samboja and transferring all orangutans to their new Samboja Lestari Orangutan Rehabilitation Centre, the BOS Foundation ...