Campos Basin oil spill
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Campos Basin oil spill
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On November 7, 2011, a Chevron owned oil well began leaking causing 32,000 to 52,000 litres of crude oil to enter the ocean every day. The leak took place in Campos Basin, Brazil 120 kilometres off the coast of Rio de Janeiro. At first, Chevron claimed that the leak was most likely due to a seep in the ocean floor but later admitted that they had made a miscalculation. Chevron says that they underestimated the amount pressure that the reservoir would exert on the oil well and says that heavier m
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