Peru Oil Spill

Luis Enrique Pantoja (69) has been a fisherman for 40 years in the Huaral bay, which is now polluted by an oil spill. For several days now they have been going to the area to see how the contamination continues to spread, with scarce clean-up work being done by Repsol. A tanker unloading crude oil at the Repsol operated La Pampilla refinery was hit by a strong wave following the volcanic eruption in Tonga. The ship lost approximately 11,900 barrel oil just off the coast of Lima. The Peruvian government declared an environmental emergency after announcing that 21 beaches on the Pacific Coast were contaminated by the oil spill.

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Unique identifier: GP1SWWCD

Type: Image

Shoot date: 03/02/2022

Locations: Lima, Pacific Ocean, Peru, South America

Credit line: © Musuk Nolte / Greenpeace

Size: 6240px × 4160px 7MB

Ranking: ★★★★ (E)

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Peru Oil Spill

A tanker unloading crude oil at the Repsol operated La Pampilla refinery was hit by a strong wave following the volcanic eruption in Tonga. The ship lost approximately 11,900 barrels of oil just off the coast of Lima. The Peruvian government declared an environmental emergency after announcing that 21 beaches on the Pacific coast were contaminated by the oil spill. Fishermen, that are heavily impacted by the incident, see their livelihood threatened. Some volunteer to clean up the Oil from the beaches. The majority of the clean-up crews are mostly local residents without training.

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