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Huntington Beach, Oct 3 (EFE/EPA).- A large oil spill from a platform in the pacific equivalent to about 3,000 barrels of oil is hitting southern California and threatening the shores of Huntington Beach, one of the most popular and famous coastal areas in the Golden State.The oil leak began Saturday at the Elly offshore platform, off Huntington Beach and has already thrown some 570,000 liters of oil into the sea, according to authorities, who already speak of this event as one of the worst natural disasters in this area " in decades." They have warned of its danger to the place’s flora and fauna.Huntington Beach Mayor Kim Carr said the 3,000-barrel estimate is likely to fall short as the company responsible for the spill, Beta Offshore, is believed to have yet to fully stem the leak. (Camera: CHRISTIAN MONTERROSA). SHOT LIST: TAR ACCUMULATES ON THE SHORE AND CONTAMINATED SAND AFTER AN OIL SPILL OFF THE COAST OF HUNTINGTON BEACH, CALIFORNIA, US.
London, Sep 23 (EFE) .- (Camera: Clàudia Sacrest) British oil company BP reported this Thursday that it has closed "temporarily" some service stations in the United Kingdom due to the lack of supply of both gasoline as diesel, due to the crisis in the British transport sector.FOTOAGE FROM A GAS STATION OF BRITISH PETROLEUM BP IN LONDON.
Guyanese Foreign Minister Hugh Hilton Todd and Venezuelan counterpart Yvan Gil meet in Brasilia to discuss the discuss the simmering crisis on their border over the disputed oil-rich Essequibo region. IMAGES
The United States is closely watching tensions between Venezuela and Guyana over a disputed, oil-rich border region and wants them to avoid any conflict, the White House says. "We obviously don't want to see any violence occur here or conflict occur," National Security Council spokesman John Kirby tells reporters. SOUNDBITE
Images released by the Armed Forces show a long slick of crude oil covering the sand and reaching the sea at a tourist beach in Esmeraldas province, northwestern Ecuador. According to state-owned company Petroecuador, the oil spilled onto Las Palmas beach in the city of Esmeralda, where an oil terminal and a refinery operate. IMAGES
UN Development Programme Administrator Achim Steiner says the United nations has bought a ship to remove oil and avoid a potentially catastrophic spill from a tanker decaying for years off the coast of war-ravaged Yemen. SOUNDBITE
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