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An oil spill occurs off the Caribbean coast of Venezuela

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A few days ago, Venezuela's El Palito oil refinery allegedly spilled oil that polluted a bay off Venezuela's north-central coast in the Caribbean Sea. This was reported by Reuters on Saturday by five sources, UNN reports.

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Biologist Eduardo Klein has published satellite images on X that he says show an oil slick of about 225 square kilometers (87 square miles) in the Golf Triste that completely covers the Morrocoy National Park, known for its palm-lined beaches and mangrove trees.

Neither the state-owned company Petroleos de Venezuela PDVSA nor the Ministry of Oil had any comments.

The El Palito refinery, with a capacity of 146,000 barrels of crude oil per day, is the smallest refinery in Venezuela and is located in the municipality of Puerto Cabello on the coast of the central state of Carabobo.

“The spill came from El Palito. This morning, some beaches in Boca de Aroa woke up with a lot of hydrocarbons on the shore and it affected some boats, some artisanal fishing boats,” one source told Reuters.

Another source reported seeing three large oil slicks that had washed ashore.

Запаси нафти в США зросли після шести скорочень поспіль - WSJ15.08.24, 00:19

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