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It Takes a Spillage to Raze the Wild
Tanker spills over 500,000 gallons of fuel oil in Black Sea |
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12 Nov 2007 |
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| Posted at 7:07 AM on 12 Nov 2007 On Sunday, a storm in the Black Sea sank five ships and ran others aground, including an oil tanker that split in half, spilling about 550,000 gallons of fuel oil -- roughly half its cargo. Two other ships carrying fuel oil were among those that hit shore, but they apparently didn't spill anything. At least two of the sunken ships were carrying thousands of tons of s ... |
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