Amazon Venture oil spill
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Amazon Venture oil spill
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The Amazon Venture oil spill occurred at the port of Savannah on the Savannah River in the U.S. state of Georgia. The spill, which occurred from December 4 to 6, 1986, was caused by three defective valves in the piping system of the oil tanker MV Amazon Venture, which leaked approximately 500,000 US gallons of fuel oil into the river. Authorities at the port were made aware of oil in the river approximately three hours after the ship began offloading its oil, but due to difficulties in locating
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1986 environmental disaster in Georgia, US
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazon_Venture_oil_spill
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2024-03-30T01:12:34Z
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