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China Oil Spill

Authorities in northeastern China have mobilized 1,000 vessels to help clean up an oil spill in the Yellow Sea caused by a weekend pipeline explosion and fire, the government said. Dozens of oil-skimming vessels worked to remove the slick off the port city of Dalian following Friday night's accident which spilled an estimated 1,500 tonnes of crude into the sea, news reports said.

Friday, July 23, 2010
Local fishermen clean up oily sludge by from the contaminated beaches at Nanhaitun, Weitang Bay. The explosion was caused when workers continued to inject desulfurizer into the pipeline after a tanker had finished unloading oil, according to a statement posted July 23, on the website of the State Administration of Work Safety.
Local fishermen clean up oily sludge by from the contaminated beaches at Nanhaitun, Weitang Bay. The explosion was caused when workers continued to inject desulfurizer into the pipeline after a tanker had finished unloading oil, according to a statement posted July 23, on the website of the State Administration of Work Safety.
Photo Credit: Jiang He, Greenpeace, via MCT
  • Local fishermen clean up oily sludge by from the contaminated beaches at Nanhaitun, Weitang Bay. The explosion was caused when workers continued to inject desulfurizer into the pipeline after a tanker had finished unloading oil, according to a statement posted July 23, on the website of the State Administration of Work Safety.
  • Mollusks are coated in oil at the Guotai Water Products Farm, about one kilometer away from the site of the oil spill at Xingang Port.
  • A labourer cleans up oil from the oil spill, near Dalian port, Liaoning province July 23.
  • A labourer cleans up oil at the oil spill site near Dalian port, Liaoning province July 23.
  • A labourer pours oil that he scooped up from the oil spill with a helmet into an oil drum, near Dalian port, Liaoning province July 22.
  • In a picture taken on July 20, a Chinese fireman washes his hands in foam and water as he takes a break during work extinguishing the blaze after an oil pipline explosion at the port in Dalian, northeast China's Liaoning province.
  • Local fishermen shovel out oil from the ocean at Nantuo Fishing Village, Dalian.
  • A Greenpeace activist surveys the damage of the oil spill at Dalian's port in Liaoning province July 21.
  • A Greenpeace activist surveys the damage of the oil spill at Dalian's port in Liaoning province July 21.
  • Oil washes ashore at Dalian's Port in Liaoning province July 20.
  • Workers try to rescue their co-worker (left) from drowning in the oil slick while attempting to fix an underwater pump during the oil spill clean-up operations at Dalian's Port in Liaoning province July 20.
  • A worker rescues his co-worker from drowning in the oil slick while attempting to fix an underwater pump during the oil spill clean-up operations at Dalian's Port in Liaoning province July 20.
  • Oil coats a boat rope on July 18 at the site of the oil spill at Dalian's port in Liaoning, China.
  • A view shows crude oil in the sea near Dalian.
  • A picture taken on July 18 shows a boat and debris floating in an oil slick in the Yellow Sea, after a huge spill following the pipeline fire at the port in Dalian, in Liaoning, China.
  • A view of the oil spill at Dalian's port in Liaoning, China.
  • A picture shows an oil slick in the Yellow Sea on July 18 after a huge spill following the pipeline fire at the port in Dalian, in Liaoning, China.
  • Chinese firefighters rest after they extinguished a blaze at a port in Dalian, northeast China's Liaoning province on July 18.
  • A labourer uses his cell phone next to containers filled with oil cleaned up from the oil spill in the sea near Dalian port, Liaoning province July 21.
  • PLA soldiers place protective booms to control the spread of leaked crude oil at a beach in Dalian, Liaoning, China.
  • Chinese firemen rest as smoke continues to rise from the remains of an installation at a port in Dalian, northeast China's Liaoning province on July 17.
  • A Chinese fireman walks past hoses through chared debris after battling a blaze at a port in Dalian, northeast China's Liaoning province on July 17.
  • Firefighters rest in front of a burning oil tank after an oil pipeline blast in Dalian, Liaoning province July 17.
  • Firefighters walk near an oil pipeline blast site in Dalian, China.
  • Firefighters walk near an oil pipeline blast site in Dalian, China.
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