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Oil Spill: Atlantic Empress 1979
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26 crew were killed in the disaster and 1 (Aegean Captain) were killed (some jumping into flames) and nearly 90 million of crude was dumped into the sea.
Where?
OiL SPILL: Atlantic Empress and AEGEAN CAPTAIN
there was no scientific investigation of the spill. The area was off the coast of Venezuela and there was no EPA like in the USA. The government might have been more interested in selling the oil rather than investigating. Although there is E.P.I.C (environmental protection in the Caribbean)
There was minor shore pollution. All of the oil disappeared from surveillance by tug boats by August 9. The amount of oil burned and dispersed is unknown
In the Caribbean sea, the coast of Tobago island near Venezuela
How?
One stormy evening in July 19 1979 two loaded very large crude carriers, the Atlantic Empress (carrying 276,000 tonnes of crude oil) and the Aegean Captain (carrying 200,000 tonnes of crude oil) collided with each other in the Caribbean sea, off Tobago island. The Atlantic empress and the bow part of Aegean Captain went up in flames. Precipitating the largest ship-sourced oil spill in history
The Clean Up:
Why?
The Atlantic Empress and Aegean Captain were both carrying over 200,000 tons of crude oil
When?
- On July 19, 1979
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the response to the incident included firefighting efforts and the use of dispersants to treat the oil that spilled over the course of the accident and then while the Atlantic Empress was towed away.