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US ConocoPhillips’ China Oil Spill Six Times Size of Singapore
Agence France-Presse (AFP) – TRANSCEND Media Service, 18 Jul 2011

A huge oil spill off the Chinese coast has now contaminated an area around six times the size of Singapore, state media reported Friday [15 Jul 2011], as the government said it may seek compensation for the leak. The spill from the oil field, which the United States’ ConocoPhillips operates with China’s state-run oil giant CNOOC, has polluted a total area of almost 4,250 square kilometres (1,650 square miles), government figures showed.

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