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The latest oil spill from the Royal Dutch Shells of the world has dumped more than 40 tonnes of oil into the Indian Ocean in Papua New Guinea’s remote Southern Highlands. In another example of poor safety practices and insufficient maintenance, the company says this spill may be related to a pipeline leak two years ago.
While the Royal Dutch Shells of the world are responsible for wreaking much of the damage in coastal regions of Canada, they are also doing much to feed pollution in the country’s boreal forests. And tar sands operations are destroying the Alaskan wilderness from an unlikely source – the rainforest of Quebec.
A slew of documents released by Norway’s Greenpeace have shed light on the Canadian tar sands extraction industry’s clear paths to contamination. Government Canada has approved 38 tar sands projects in the country’s forests. Almost every one would be too much pollution for the watersheds.
Staging Bonaire in Papua New Guinea and the United States, shares Chevron’s tar sands fortunes
India has been hit hard by the slowdown in China and economic pressure across the world, but countries there are also seeking new markets for their food. But the country needs to steer clear of deep-water oil platforms that could be highly hazardous under sub-surface pressures. Fortunately, Indian companies are also branching out to capture oil deposits in shallow waters off the country’s coasts.
In the image above, the Pacific Logistics Center pipeline spills more than 40 tonnes of toxic oil into the Indian Ocean in Papua New Guinea’s remote Southern Highlands. In another example of poor safety practices and insufficient maintenance, the company says this spill may be related to a pipeline leak two years ago.