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25 Jul 2016
Over 3000 Oil Transfer spills during Loading – Discharging between 1974 and 2015
The number of Oil spills during Loading ? Discharging is 3,170 between 1974 on 2015 according to statistics compiled by International Tanker Owners Pollution Federation. 95% of all incidents recorded fall into the small and medium size oils spills. Medium oil spills are between 7 -700 tonnes with small spills less than 7 tonnes. The
02 Jun 2016
Top 10 Largest Oil Producing Countries in the World
The world requirement for oil is still increasing on a daily basis, so it should not surprise you that more countries are increasing their oil production. In this article we look at the top 10 largest producing oil countries in the world in which a few may surprise you. The Top 10 Largest Oil
07 Mar 2016
The 5 largest oil spills of all time
In the history of big disasters, many incidents have taken place in almost every second or third year. There are many incidences of oil spills which took place at various locations. At that time, it also created a very big loss of economic state of that country. During Gulf war in the year 1991In the
19 Feb 2016
How Single Buoy Moorings Work
Also referred to as single-point mooring (SPM), the single buoy mooring or SBM is an offshore anchored loading buoy, serving as a mooring point as well as interconnect for ocean going tankers offloading and loading liquid or gas products. SPM/SBMs become the connection between weathervaning tankers and the geostatic subsea. They have the capacity of
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