Oil Spill in China's Yellow Sea

In China's port city of Dalian, two oil pipeline explosions have sent crude oil gushing into the Yellow Sea. Maritime authorities are scrambling to contain the roughly 19 square mile oil slick. Here's more.

The Dalian Xingang oil port—home to China's largest oil reserves—was closed on Monday as maritime forces struggled to contain a massive oil slick off the coast.

Two crude oil pipelines exploded at the oil port. It lit a huge fire that burned over the weekend and sent thousands of barrels of petroleum gushing into the Yellow Sea.

The oil slick covers an area of roughly 19 square miles and is floating about 62 miles off shore.

The first pipeline blew when a Liberian tanker was offloading crude oil onto a storage facility, which then triggered the second explosion.

The petroleum storage facility is jointly owned by Dalian Port and China National Petroleum Corp—the parent company of PetroChina. Shares of Dalian Port fell 4.4 percent, while PetroChina stocks lost 1.3 percent.

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• Xingang
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• petroleum
• PetroChina
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[22jackss]

OSEI.US simple solution to any oil spill

[A1R5N1P3R]

A Liberian tanker started this, lol... Check the reports on DailyMotion.

[ytillaer]

• Go to this site to see events WORLD WIDE on an interactive map.

RSOE EDIS pass it on please.

[oocares]

We have so many oil spills, it's usually not news unless there is something spectacular like a fire or explosion to show on TV...

[lushfauna]

DID THEY STOP THE OIL FLOWING FROM THE PIPES?

[2222554]

Just as I suspected... 1 comment in the last 7 hours... Where's all the outrage 'Green Team'?

[PunchofGenius]

"We don't have proper oil cleanup materials, so our workers are wearing rubber gloves and using chopsticks" LMFAOOOOO! A quote from an official with the Jinshitan Golden Beach Administration Committee.

[TiNTSauce]

Great now we have two oil spills...it keeps getting better and better

[2222554]

China, home to the green team leaders of the world... And so the loss of stock value will not be the same, but as you can see, this was THICK and covered EVERY LIVING thing/creature in the area... Worse than Louisiana's wildlife... That means I want to see EXTREME prejudice against China oil because all those POOR ANIMALS are currently suffering... 'C'mon Onision! Get out there with the green team and REALLY let China oil have it because the wildlife is dying!!!

[2222554]

Stocks plummeting for China's largest oil producer...

Seems like a repeat... What you wanna bet that the drop for China's largest oil producer will not be as great a drop as BP's was... A sign for those watching if it does not... I also would like to see the SAME extreme ZEAL and hatred for Dalian/Petro China as was given for the BP leak please. i mean it would only be fair considering what BP is STILL enduring through. But we know the save the planet green team originates there.