Posted on 09/02/2010 1:28:59 PM PDT by blam
Nine Million Gallon Fuel Tanker Runs Aground In Canada
Gus Lubin
Sep. 2, 2010, 4:14 PM
Canadian Coast Guard says 9 million gallon fuel tanker has run aground in the northwest passage, reports CBC.
Another disaster? Intial reports say no oil is leaking:
"The coast guard ship Henry Larsen has just entered the area. I believe it's at anchor just off of Gjoa Haven as we speak," Larry Trigatti, an environmental response official with the coast guard, told CBC News on Thursday afternoon.
"It's monitoring the situation by helicopter. As you can imagine, there are some shoals in the area, so we want to be very careful in going into that zone."
The tanker was carrying diesel
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Geez, two petroleum incidents in one day?
Brother..not another! Looks like no spill thus far though. SHeesh...too many accidents of late.
Clearly we need high speed train tanker cars.
Any chance I can help them by off loading, say, 10,000 gal?
I fully EXPECT to hear soon about a sheen being seen. Things happen in 3’s, and there are folks around with an agenda.
Every summer, a fleet of mostly Canadian tankers make fuel runs to areas that are iced in most of the year. I’ve never heard of a tanker quite this big making the trip however.
Don’t bother being suspicious. You will be shot down by the experts.
That’s it, North America! No more oil for you!! Now don’t you wish you’d bought that overpriced GM electric car?
I found an article on CBC which stated the capacity of the tanker to be 9,000,000 LITERS, not gallons.
9,000,000 liters equals 55,000 barrels, which is more plausible.
Frgds,
3/M
50 K bbls sounds more reasonable.
We had Canadian tankers move product for us from Sarnia to Superior in about this volume.
M/T THE NANNY, owned by Woodward Oil
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