Shell Oil’s North Sea oil spill is the worst accident in ten years

The British branch of Shell Petroleum Company recently announced on its official website that an oil spill accident occurred in an oil field in the North Sea that the company operated. It is estimated that the maximum sea area affected by oil pollution is about 31 km and the width is 4.3 km. The total amount of oil exceeds 200 tons. Analysts pointed out that this magnitude of oil spill will undoubtedly cause an environmental disaster. The United Nations Environment Programme then named the Shell company by name.

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The second leak has appeared

According to the latest report of the British Broadcasting Corporation on the 16th, Shell has stated that its oil rig in the North Sea is still leaking oil and the amount of oil leakage is about two barrels per day. This is the second point of leakage discovered by the company.

Shell Group said that they have closed the main oil spill pipeline.

It is reported that although the second oil spill point is relatively small, it is very difficult for divers to go in and repair oil spills.

response

Only passive measures

According to Shell, the spill began on August 10, and the excess of 200 tons of oil may make it the worst oil spill in the region in a decade.

The person in charge of the incident at Shell said that “at the moment, the storm on the weekend has caused the amount of oil leakage on the sea to be reduced significantly. We hope that the oil will not reach the shore”. It is reported that the current rate of oil leakage is about five barrels per day, "but this data is changing every day."

Doubts

Why always delay

Frequent oil spills, and frequent delays in processing, analysts believe that this is inextricably linked with the relevant penalty regulations of the polluted countries. If the relevant provisions of the polluted country impose severe penalties on the environmental pollution of oil companies, the accident company will generally invest more and respond more quickly to the handling of the accident. In fact, often many developing countries tend to be relatively “soft” for large multinational companies, and thus are not conducive to the maintenance of their own interests.

influences

"Marine Killer"** Ecological Chain

The long-term and wide-ranging impact of marine oil pollution is not an exaggeration of what it calls the “marine killer”. On the one hand, it will lead to the death of marine organisms such as seabirds, seagulls, walruses and whales; on the other hand, it will lead to the impact on the photosynthesis of marine life. The toxic compounds such as benzene and ** contained in crude oil enter the food chain, not only affecting algae, fish, animals and other organisms, but also affect human health.