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Total E&P Reports Oil Spill During Unloading Offshore Angola

02-20-2008

French oil giant,  Total E&P informs, in a press note delivered to ANGOP, about a crude oil spill that occurred at Block 17, without casualties.

The incident occurred in the Angolan offshore during an unloading operation from Dália FPSO to an oil tanker.

"There are neither victims from this occurrence nor production interruption", reads the note from Total.

The operator, which regrets the incident, guarantees that efforts are being inserted, in collaboration with local authorities, in order to reduce its negative impact on the environment.

To solve the problem, a technical team was set up to analyse the causes of the incident and follow up the operations.