{"id":53638,"date":"2022-05-09T15:21:54","date_gmt":"2022-05-09T13:21:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/international\/?p=53638"},"modified":"2025-07-02T09:37:45","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T07:37:45","slug":"spills-explosions-no-more-oil","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/international\/story\/53638\/spills-explosions-no-more-oil\/","title":{"rendered":"Spills, explosions and looming disasters: the last thing the world needs is more oil"},"content":{"rendered":"
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This year didn\u2019t start well. In January, off the coast of Thailand, thousands of litres of oil leaked into the sea from an underwater pipeline<\/a> courtesy of Chevron\u2019s subsidiary. The resulting spill blackened waters and beaches, killing local wildlife and threatening the livelihoods of communities reliant on the sea.<\/p>\n\n

In Peru on January 15 more than 10,000 barrels of crude oil spilled<\/a> from a tanker pumping oil into a Repsol refinery just south of Lima, after heavy swells slammed into the coastline in a tsunami that followed the volcanic eruption near Tonga more than 10,000 kilometres away. The spill covers over 100sq km \u200b\u200b- the size of Paris – and is wreaking havoc in one of the world\u2019s richest marine ecosystems. Beaches are tarred and dead fish, seabirds and marine mammals such as sea otters abound.<\/p>\n\n

Towards the end of January Al Jazeera reported that 6,300 barrels of oil spewed from a ruptured pipeline<\/a> in eastern Ecuador and reached a protected area of the Amazon rainforest, contaminating the Cocal river that supplies water to Indigenous communities. The Kichwa Peoples are still demanding justice<\/a>.  <\/p>\n\n

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Since April 2020 when the FIRST oil spill occurred, Kichwa communities along the Coca and Napo rivers have suffered severe environmental impacts. The State, @OCPEcuador<\/a> and @EPPETROECUADOR<\/a> were able to prevent this spill – but they failed. @LassoGuillermo<\/a> #SOSDerrameAmazonia<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/Onwhpl84y9<\/a><\/p>— AFrontlines (@AFrontlines) January 31, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote>