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Castillo de Bellver Oil Spill
(Assignment)
(Course Title: Drilling & Mud Technology)
Prepared by
Mohammad Faraz
M.Mashhood-ul-haque
Syed Umair Hussain Shah
Submitted to: Sir Aatif
Submission Date: 3rd September 2013
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Name: Castillo de Bellver
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Date: 06/08/1983
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Location: South Africa
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Accident area: 80 km off Table Bay
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Cause of spill: Explosion
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Casualties: None
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Product transported: Light crude oil
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Quantity transported: 252,000 tones
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Type of pollutant: Light crude oil
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Quantity spilled: 78.5 million gallons
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Ship type: Oil tanker
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Date built: 1978
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Length: 334.02 m
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Width: 55.05 m
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Draught: 3 m
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Flag: Spanish
The Incident
On August 6, 1983 a fire broke out aboard the Spanish tanker Saldhana bay near Castillo de Bellver in South Africa an oil tanker ship exploded and broke into two pieces. There was oil still inside the tanks in the ship, the oil caught on fire and spewed everywhere. The blazing tanker was abandoned and drifted offshore, until it eventually broke in half. 252,000 tones of light crude oil and caused the ship drifted and broke in two.
Despite the spill...
(Assignment)
(Course Title: Drilling & Mud Technology)
Prepared by
Mohammad Faraz
M.Mashhood-ul-haque
Syed Umair Hussain Shah
Submitted to: Sir Aatif
Submission Date: 3rd September 2013
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Name: Castillo de Bellver
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Date: 06/08/1983
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Location: South Africa
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Accident area: 80 km off Table Bay
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Cause of spill: Explosion
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Casualties: None
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Product transported: Light crude oil
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Quantity transported: 252,000 tones
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Type of pollutant: Light crude oil
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Quantity spilled: 78.5 million gallons
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Ship type: Oil tanker
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Date built: 1978
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Length: 334.02 m
-------------------------------------------------
Width: 55.05 m
-------------------------------------------------
Draught: 3 m
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Flag: Spanish
The Incident
On August 6, 1983 a fire broke out aboard the Spanish tanker Saldhana bay near Castillo de Bellver in South Africa an oil tanker ship exploded and broke into two pieces. There was oil still inside the tanks in the ship, the oil caught on fire and spewed everywhere. The blazing tanker was abandoned and drifted offshore, until it eventually broke in half. 252,000 tones of light crude oil and caused the ship drifted and broke in two.
Despite the spill...