{"id":86375,"date":"2010-07-23T11:06:18","date_gmt":"2010-07-23T18:06:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/?p=86375"},"modified":"2010-07-23T11:06:18","modified_gmt":"2010-07-23T18:06:18","slug":"first-details-on-china-oil-spills-cause-emerge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2010\/07\/first-details-on-china-oil-spills-cause-emerge\/","title":{"rendered":"First Details on China Oil Spill&#8217;s Cause Emerge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/hostednews\/ap\/article\/ALeqM5hnRc-COAnkwXl4pq3IR3420c9jQQD9H4QII00\">AP has the latest <\/a>on the massive oil spill off the Dalian coast:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\nChinese authorities gave no update Friday on the size of the oil spill, which had spread over at least 165 square miles (430 square kilometers) of water after a pipeline at the busy northeastern port of Dalian exploded a week ago.<\/p>\n<p>The disaster has caused China to take a hard look at its ports, some of the busiest in the world.<\/p>\n<p>The explosion was caused when workers continued to inject desulfurizer into the pipeline after a tanker had finished unloading oil, according to a statement posted Friday on the website of the State Administration of Work Safety. A desulfurizer is a chemical substance used to remove high sulfur content from crude oil.<\/p>\n<p>The statement said the explosion remains under investigation. The pipeline is owned by China National Petroleum Corp., Asia&#8217;s biggest oil and gas producer by volume. State media have said oil operations at the Xingang port have resumed.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>And <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2010\/07\/24\/world\/asia\/24china.html?src=mv\">from the New York Times<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\nAbout 140 square miles of ocean by Dalian have been affected by the oil spill, China Daily reported. On Tuesday, a firefighter, Zhang Liang, 25, drowned when a wave knocked him from a boat into the ocean. Rescue workers were still toiling away on Thursday to contain the spill. The local government has mobilized hundreds of fishing boats, specialized cleaning vessels, \u201coil-eating\u201d bacteria and volunteers, China Daily reported. Many volunteers are using just their hands to try to clean up the polluted water and the beaches.<\/p>\n<p>Beijing Youth Daily cited an official saying that some workers were using chopsticks to try and clean up the mess. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>From Al Jazeera:<br \/>\n<object width=\"640\" height=\"385\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/bN1n3pOxYCg&#038;color1=0xb1b1b1&#038;color2=0xd0d0d0&#038;hl=en_US&#038;feature=player_embedded&#038;fs=1\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><param name=\"allowScriptAccess\" value=\"always\"><\/param><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/bN1n3pOxYCg&#038;color1=0xb1b1b1&#038;color2=0xd0d0d0&#038;hl=en_US&#038;feature=player_embedded&#038;fs=1\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" allowScriptAccess=\"always\" width=\"640\" height=\"385\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AP has the latest on the massive oil spill off the Dalian coast: Chinese authorities gave no update Friday on the size of the oil spill, which had spread over at least 165 square miles (430 square kilometers) of water after a pipeline at the busy northeastern port of Dalian exploded a week ago. 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