Oil companies going unpunished for thousands of North Sea spills
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Oil companies going unpunished for thousands of North Sea spills

London : United Kingdom | Oct 25, 2012 at 9:16 AM PDT
Source: Guardian Unlimited
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Shell's Gannett Alpha oil platform, which leaked oil into the North Sea in 2011. Photograph: Ho/Reuters Oil companies operating in the North Sea have been fined for spills just seven times since 2000, despite 4,123 separate spills being recorded over the same period, the Department for Energy and... FULL ARTICLE AT Guardian Unlimited
 
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