Monday, January 20, 2014

Trinidad & Tobago: Majority of oil spill cleaned, but mangroves still contaminated - PETROTRIN

Cleaning crews working to clear up pollution resulting from oil spill, Dec. 23, 2013. PHOTO/Trinidad Express

Trinidad & Tobago's government says a state-owned petroleum company (PETROTRIN) has cleaned up some 4,200 barrels of oil from a recent spill in the island's southwest region, but that a mangrove section remains contaminated.

A total of 7,500 barrels of oil were spilled last month along nearly 8 kilometers (11 miles) of beach, the majority of which has been cleaned, according to

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