forgot to open a valve that allows the normal flow
More than four liters of crude petrol
were spilt lost 16 of July in the Iguazú, in an area that belongs to Brazil, an
oil pipe that belongs to a refinery exploded after the gross negligence of an
operator that forgot to open a valve that allows the normal flow
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BACKSLIDING Year 2000 hasn't seemed to be one the best for Petrobras Company. This company had already been accused to be responsible for the split of 1,2 million liters of oil, as a consequence of the explosion of a submarine pipe that rums along the Guanabara bay, near Rio de Janeiro cost. This happened in January. The magnitude of the ´´accident´´ as well as the fine that the company had to pay, were not taken into account as they should have been. |
of the crude.
The pipe was twenty-three years old was exploited near at the side at the edge of the Barigui rive that is communicated with the Iguazú.
The pipe belongs to a refinery that is own by the company PETROBRAS.
According to the company report, the spilt began in
Getulio Vargas refinery, in Araucaria, more less 700 kilometers from Rio de Janeiro.
It is certainly the worst
ecological disaster in the history of our state”, it was said by Eliana Sachim
from the Environmental Protection Office that belongs to the State of Paraná
and she anticipated that 
the Government is going to fine PETROBRAS with 110
millions of dollars.
The minister, Mr. José Sarney Filho has said that apart from paying this fine, the Company is going to be force to give compensation to all the families affected and to repair damages than to the environment.
This is the third spilt that
has been produced during this year and the Company PETROBRAS has to be blame for
all of them.
Effects and risks of the accident ( Consequences )
The pollution of the prairies: the oil polluted areas of the prairies, which are important from the supervival of different kind of animals of that region.
The oil pollution waters where different species of fish lived and several animals consume the fish.
The oil has polluted fresh water too and it
cannot be drink.
The oil can affect the
functioning of machines that there are producing
energy. In the Iguazú there
are five power plants from Copel Company that there are integrated to
Electrobras system and could be affected.
The oil could have approached the Iguazú Waterfall and reach Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay.
ANOTHER TOXIC OIL SPILT EN BRAZILTen days after the disaster in Paraná. The Brazilian oil company PETROBRAS accepted that they have been a toxic oil spilt of about 1 thousand liters. This spilt was about an additive that is used for gasoline and it is extremely toxic. It is forbidden in Brazil and it s been exported to the USA An oil spilt situated 75 kilometers from Rio de Janeiro, most precisely in Paracambi have produced that split because of a external corrosion that hadn't been detected by the presion monitoring system (on-line) .
Spot men for the company
assured that the spilt was under control and there are plans to remove the
liquid and treat the polluted soil. |
Font: Diario Clarin Digital, O Estado de S. Paulo, Territorio Digital