Rig Accident Spills Crude Oil Into Sea
From Times Wire Reports
A blowout at a Brazilian offshore oil rig forced the evacuation of workers and dumped more than 3,400 gallons of crude oil into the sea, near the site where another platform caught fire and sank last month, state oil giant Petrobras said.
The oil workers union said the spill was six miles long.
No one was injured in the accident, which occurred 75 miles off Brazil’s southeastern coast, Petrobras said. A blowout is an uncontrolled flow of oil, gas or water from a well.
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