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作者: 快樂牛郎 時間: 2010-7-21 22:54 標題: China's worst-ever oil spill threatens wildlife

Chinese officials have warned of a severe threat to wildlife from one of the country's worst reported oil spills as an army of volunteers was dispatched to beaches to try to head off the black tides.

At least one man has drowned in crude during the clean-up operation, which has expanded as the area of the slick has doubled in size despite earlier government assurances that it was being contained and posed no risk to ecologically sensitive areas.

Five days after a pipeline explosion at the north-east port of Dalian, oil had reportedly spread over an area of 430 square kilometres, prompting a dispersal mission along the coast.

Hundreds of local volunteers are spreading absorbent matting along the Yellow Sea shoreline in an attempt to stop the slick from damaging beaches.

Out at sea, authorities have started to use oil-consuming bacteria to try to disperse the slick, along with chemical agents and lengthy floating barrages.

Even though maritime officials have mobilised 800 fishing boats to assist the 40 specialist vessels in the operation, the winds and tides are spreading the slick wider and thinner.

The difficult conditions have proved fatal for at least one man. A 25-year-old firefighter, Zhang Liang, drowned on Tuesday when a wave threw him from a vessel, according to the state news agency Xinhua.

In some areas, volunteers equipped only with rubber gloves, rubber boots and rudimentary tools have struggled to cope with the waves washing up on the beaches.

"I've been to a few bays today and discovered they were almost entirely covered with dark oil," Zhong Yu of the environmental group Greenpeace China, told the Associated Press. "The oil is half-solid and half-liquid and is as sticky as asphalt."

Fishing in the waters around Dalian has been banned until the end of August.

"The oil spill will pose a severe threat to marine animals and water quality, and sea birds," Huang Yong, deputy bureau chief for the city's Maritime Safety Administration, told a regional TV station.

The authorities say the leak was staunched within 24 hours of last Friday's accident, but they have yet to reveal how much oil was discharged before then. The state-run China Central television channel estimates the spill at 1,500 tons, less than 0.5% of the amount released into the ocean by the BP spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

Local officials have been upbeat about the prospects of a quick clean-up and a resumption of normal services at the port, which has had to redirect 420 vessels from the area of the slick.

"Our priority is to collect the spilled oil within five days to reduce the possibility of contaminating international waters," Dalian's vice mayor, Dai Yulin, told reporters earlier this week. Other officials expect the operation to last twice as long and even then it is far from clear that the ecological damage will end.

作者: Catpiano 時間: 2010-7-22 07:00

" YOU MORON! FAKE NEWS! NO OIL SPILL IN OUR GREAT MOTHER COUNTRY! "

( opps.. can't control myself tim .. )

作者: mcjohnjohn 時間: 2010-7-22 17:28

等Peter 仔出黎解釋一下佢諗住點處理呢一次生態災難啦...

作者: peter236 時間: 2010-7-22 19:07

Since this oil spill is only 0.5% of the spill in the Gulf of Mexico, it can be cleaned up in days.

作者: peter236 時間: 2010-7-22 19:08

http://www.bernama.com/bernama/v5/newsworld.php?id=515112

July 20, 2010 19:27 PM

China Uses Oil-Eating Bacteria In Dalian Oil Spill Cleanup

DALIAN, July 20 (Bernama) -- Over 23 tonnes of oil-eating bacteria are being used to clean up the oil spill off the coast of northeast China's Dalian City, four days after pipelines exploded near one of China's largest oil reserve bases, Xinhua news agency reported.

"We received orders on Saturday morning from the Maritime Safety Administration for bio-oil-absorbing products," said Yang Jiesen, manager of the research and development center at Beijing Weiyeyuan Bio-Technology Company.

For the first time, China has made majour use of bio-technology to solve an environment pollution problem.

Although oil fences are being used to prevent the spill from spreading, workers are concerned the situation may worsen if winds blow or rain falls.

"If the crude-oil slick is too thick, the chemical oil-dispersant may not work," a worker spraying the chemical dispersant at the harbor told a Xinhua reporter.

Wu Jin, a PhD at the Institute of Microbiology at the Chinese Academy of Sciences said oil-eating bacteria, unlike chemical oil-dispersants, can work 24 hours per day and are more environmental friendly.

The Dalian oil spill cleanup started Saturday. By Monday morning, 24 oil clean-up vessels and 800 fishing boats had collected about 460 tonnes of oil.

Wu said the best way to clean up the oil spill in the shortest time possible is to combine physical, chemical and biological cleanup methods.

He also suggested oil-water separation pumps be used to increase the cleanup efficiency.

-- BERNAMA

作者: peter236 時間: 2010-7-22 19:09

China is using advanced bio-technology to clean up this oil spill, they are doing way better then those messy British and Americans.

作者: 快樂牛郎 時間: 2010-7-22 21:13

In China, an oil spill and a low-tech cleanup

By Keith B. Richburg
Friday, July 23, 2010

BEIJING -- Hundreds of firefighters and civilian volunteers used bare hands, chopsticks and plastic garbage bags Thursday to wage a low-tech battle against a giant oil slick spreading off China's northeastern coast.

The slick, near the oil port of Dalian, in Liaoning province, was caused when two pipelines exploded last Friday as crude was being unloaded from a Libyan tanker. Government officials said the accident released about 1,500 tons -- or 400,000 gallons -- of oil into the Yellow Sea, where the slick now covers up to 170 square miles, according to news reports, making it China's largest recorded spill.

The BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is estimated in the tens of millions of gallons.

"I used small wood planks to scoop up the oil and put it into big plastic garbage bags," said Liu Jia, a worker at the Dalian beach resort. "Some of my colleagues used chopsticks. . . . It works, because the oil is quite sticky. Sometimes, we just used our hands to pick up the sand that is covered with oil."

Liu described the methods being used as "quite primitive, quite time-consuming."

China National Petroleum Corp. said Thursday that no more oil was leaking from the damaged pipelines, but the port at Dalian remained closed as the black oil continued to wash up onshore. Fishing has been banned in the vicinity at least through August, and several nearby beaches were also declared off-limits at the height of the summer tourist season.

"It should be the best season for the beach right now," said Bao Wulan, head of public relations for the Dalian Golden Beach Tourism Group. She said that 70,000 to 80,000 visitors would normally be in the area this time of year -- "but now, no tourists."

She added: "I don't know how our business can go back to normal. Our beach is almost all polluted."

The environmental group Greenpeace China said it has found oil in bays six miles from Dalian, and Jin****an Golden Beach, more than 20 miles away, was also reportedly affected. Workers were laying straw mats at Jin****an on Thursday in a bid to suck up the crude.

Greenpeace said 10,000 shellfish farms have been contaminated.

The battle against the spreading oil slick has claimed the life of one worker, a firefighter who drowned Tuesday.

Although hundreds of civilian volunteers have been mobilized to help with the cleanup, the lack of equipment has hindered the ad hoc effort.

作者: 快樂牛郎 時間: 2010-7-22 21:15

China is using advanced bio-technology to clean up this oil spill, they are doing way better then th ...
peter236 發表於 2010/7/22 19:09

if china had a spill the size of the GOM, you could see a lot of ppl dying.

作者: peter236 時間: 2010-7-22 21:50

本帖最後由 peter236 於 2010-7-22 21:52 編輯

China will not have a spill the size of GOM, since China's oil are mostly onshore, at this point. BP records is just lousy and the whole industry already knows.

作者: Catpiano 時間: 2010-7-23 06:47

So .. LOW tech or Advanced tech ar??

作者: sheep 時間: 2010-7-23 09:26

回復 5# peter236

中國人最叻係一物治一物
到啲食石油細菌壯大咗
就用超級細菌去治佢
咁就無止境咁。。。。。。。。落去

作者: peter236 時間: 2010-7-23 09:45

回復 peter236

中國人最叻係一物治一物
到啲食石油細菌壯大咗
就用超級細菌去治佢
咁就無止境咁。。 ...
sheep 發表於 2010-7-23 09:26

rubbish comment

作者: 布小熊 時間: 2010-7-23 09:51

Read these yourself la
http://www.google.com/hostednews ... R3420c9jQQD9H4QII00
part of the article:

Officials have warned of a "severe threat" to sea life and water quality as China's latest environmental crisis spread off the shores of Dalian, once named China's most livable city. One cleanup worker drowned this week, his body coated in crude.

Cleanup workers have reported using chopsticks and their bare hands to remove the gooey oil from the sea, while state media said 2,000 soldiers, 40 oil-skimming boats and hundreds of fishing boats were helping with the cleanup.

Environmental group Greenpeace, which has a team at the scene, urged the government to warn residents on nearby coastlines of the dangers.

"Greenpeace was ... surprised to see that the beaches have not been closed to visitors and lack any warning signs," Greenpeace China said in a statement Friday evening. "As a result, locals and visitors unaware of the extent of the oil spill were playing in the water with their kids, risking exposure to petroleum."

It said fishermen without equipment were doing most of the cleanup work at one of Dalian's most popular beaches, Jin****an.

"They don't even have face masks, the most basic and necessary of precautions. They don't even know that they need to protect their skin from crude oil," said Zhong Yu, one of the Greenpeace workers.

"We strongly urge the government to send professional staff and safety equipment to work on the cleanup process," Zhong said in the group's statement.

作者: peter236 時間: 2010-7-23 10:33

本帖最後由 peter236 於 2010-7-23 10:37 編輯

Read these yourself la

part of the article:
布小熊發表於 2010-7-23 09:51

An attempt by the US media to divert the attention away from their own BP oil spill which is 200 times larger.
China's oil spill is limited as the pipes have been shut down.
The Anglo-American oil spill is still in trouble.

作者: 布小熊 時間: 2010-7-23 10:37

回復 14# peter236

but no matter how big or small the spill is... no gov should let their ppl clean up oil by "their bare hands"!!!

作者: peter236 時間: 2010-7-23 10:38

本帖最後由 peter236 於 2010-7-23 10:41 編輯

回復 peter236

but no matter how big or small the spill is... no gov should let their ppl clean up ...
布小熊發表於 2010-7-23 10:37

The Chinese are using biotechnology to clean up the oil spill.
This is another attempt to nit pick and bash the Chinese due to jealousy as China is rising so rapidly.

作者: 布小熊 時間: 2010-7-23 10:42

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/24/world/asia/24china.html?src=mv
NY Times states that this spill is much smaller compare to the BP spill. But still, this is something China needs to handle properly.

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On Thursday, an oil tanker came into port at Dalian, the first tanker to do so since the explosion. Dalian is one of China’s major oil production and distribution centers, and the refinery there is one of the nation’s largest. The damaged pipeline at Xingang has been repaired and is now transporting oil again.

The size of the Dalian spill is only a tiny fraction of the slick that resulted from the recent BP oil disaster in the Gulf of Mexico.

作者: peter236 時間: 2010-7-23 10:44

本帖最後由 peter236 於 2010-7-23 10:46 編輯

NY Times states that this spill is much smaller compare to the BP spill. But still, this is somethi ...
布小熊發表於 2010-7-23 10:42

Who does not know they need to deal with the oil spill? China is using the necessary measures. This is an attempt by the US media to divert the attention away from their own BP oil spill which is 200 times larger.

You should worry about the BP oil spill reaching the North American east coast and Europe.
All the seafood in Gulf of Mexico is now polluted.

作者: 布小熊 時間: 2010-7-23 10:47

Who does not know they need to deal with the oil spill? China is using the necessary measures. Thi ...
peter236 發表於 2010-7-23 10:44 AM

so stop eating import seafood. Eat local. (and seasonal ...i.e. less choice and more $)

作者: Catpiano 時間: 2010-7-23 14:22

cloth little bear .. suen ba la.. just have a laugh .. suen la..

作者: peter236 時間: 2010-7-23 15:06

cloth little bear .. suen ba la.. just have a laugh .. suen la..
Catpiano 發表於 2010-7-23 14:22

Your Alberta oil sands release a large amount of green house gases. You people way of making money is very polluting

作者: Lik 時間: 2010-7-23 15:09

The Chinese are using biotechnology to clean up the oil spill.
This is another attempt to nit pick and bash the Chinese due to jealousy as China is rising so rapidly.
peter236 發表於 2010-7-23 10:38

Hmm... biotechnology, eh? I suppose bare hands and chopsticks are a form of biotechnology ge~

Peter boy is always good for a laugh~

-Lik

作者: peter236 時間: 2010-7-23 15:11

Hmm... biotechnology, eh? I suppose bare hands and chopsticks are a form of biotechnology ge~

P ...
Lik 發表於 2010-7-23 15:09

http://www.bernama.com/bernama/v5/newsworld.php?id=515112

Did you read the link? The Chinese are using bacteria that can eat up those oil spill.
Anyway, the BP oil spill is 200 times larger and is still a problem.

作者: Lik 時間: 2010-7-23 15:36

[Peter mode]
An attempt by the Chinese media to divert the attention away from their own Dalian oil spill which is killing 200x more people~
The Gulf of Mexico oil spill has already been capped off as BP put a new top hat cap to stop any further spills, and the relief well efforts are proceeding ahead of schedule as well.
The Chinese-Dalian oil spill is still in trouble.
[/Peter mode]

作者: peter236 時間: 2010-7-23 16:47

An attempt by the Chinese media to divert the attention away from their own Dalian oil spill which ...
Lik 發表於 2010-7-23 15:36

You stupid moron, the BP oil spill is 200 times larger and it killed some workers already. Now the whole Gulf of Mexico seafood is polluted. Shame on you stupid British.

作者: sheep 時間: 2010-7-23 19:25

"The oil spill will pose a severe threat to marine animals and water quality, and sea birds," Huang Yong, deputy bureau chief for the city's Maritime Safety Administration, told a regional TV station.
快樂牛郎發表於 2010-7-21 22:54

洩露國家機密點算？

作者: Catpiano 時間: 2010-7-23 21:24

Your Alberta oil sands release a large amount of green house gases. You people way of making money ...
peter236 發表於 2010-7-23 15:06

Diu ..  this time I have to say .. you are 9 not to 8 la...

SO .... CONCLUSION ..  CHINA men are all HERO .. SMART ..  BEST .. HIGHEST TECH ..

Britain, American, Canadian, Japanese are all COPY CAT, dumb A-s ... according to you.

(Anyway, I know where peter from ..  just like that "CHOW SOU LA" fan..  just want to stand out, make himself as stupid as possible ja ma ..  lots of this kind of people .. )

作者: peter236 時間: 2010-7-23 23:34

Diu .. this time I have to say .. you are 9 not to 8 la...

SO .... CONCLUSION .. CHINA ...
Catpiano 發表於 2010-7-23 21:24

You stupid moron, I didn't say Chinese are the best, but then you yourself is a Chinese.
The Alberta oil sands extraction process is very polluting. The whole oil industry knows it.

作者: Ovaltine 時間: 2010-7-24 06:36

You stupid moron, I didn't say Chinese are the best, but then you yourself is a Chinese.
The Alber ...
peter236 發表於 2010-7-23 23:34

He is trying to tell us, we chinese people should not criticize the Chinese government, because the Chinese government is our "grandfather" This governemnt is all righteous, all loving and all knowing. peter236 was probably brainwashed in those re-education camps during the cultural revolution. Since then, he had become a propaganda machine for the Chinese government.

作者: Catpiano 時間: 2010-7-24 06:50

本帖最後由 Catpiano 於 2010-7-24 07:06 編輯

You stupid moron, I didn't say Chinese are the best, but then you yourself is a Chinese.
The Alber ...
peter236 發表於 2010-7-23 23:34

Conclusion 2 ..

We are all stupid Morons ..

Ovaltine, he/she is brainwashed la .. but just pretending .. no one will be that dumb .. how hard to do some research online nowadays? how hard to just make some phone calls? "pointing a deer as a horse" is no excuse anymore .. he/she just like to argue with normal people ... watch too much "2012" ??

However .. how can he/she relate so many things together .. this thread is "China's oil spill" .. how to relate to Alberta making polluting money.. (but I wish I am one of them .. lol)

作者: sheep 時間: 2010-7-24 10:10

Conclusion 2 ..

how to relate to Alberta making polluting money..
Catpiano 發表於 2010-7-24 06:50

That's why his mother land people comes here to do money laundry

作者: Catpiano 時間: 2010-7-24 11:45

Ha ha .. Sheep, that is a good one.

作者: peter236 時間: 2010-7-24 22:02

Conclusion 2 ..

We are all stupid Morons ..

Ovaltine, he/she is brainwashed la .. but ju ...
Catpiano 發表於 2010-7-24 06:50

The oil spill in China has been mostly cleaned up already, since the spill was so small. They just turned off the pipes and that was it. Unlike the BP oil spill which is 200x larger and the cap is still ot 100% preventing any leaks.

作者: sheep 時間: 2010-7-25 10:20

The oil spill in China has been mostly cleaned up already, since the spill was so small. They just ...
peter236 發表於 2010-7-24 22:02

stupid, there are two pipes,one is shut down but the other was leaking

作者: lo_pak 時間: 2010-7-27 21:21

Without media freedom It's difficult to figure out the truth.

I'm 15/16, 15/16, 15/16...

作者: peter236 時間: 2010-7-27 22:53

stupid, there are two pipes,one is shut down but the other was leaking
sheep 發表於 2010-7-25 10:20

That is not true at all. By now there is no more oil.

作者: sheep 時間: 2010-7-28 06:29

That is not true at all. By now there is no more oil.
peter236 發表於 2010-7-27 22:53

why don't you reply me next year and say they already clean up and people and wildlife are living happily together?

作者: 快樂牛郎 時間: 2010-9-3 00:41

So the guy from US says the spill was actually 100 times bigger than the estimate given by the Chinese gov.

It will be interesting to see how many people will die or get really sick in China in 20 years due to all sorts of pollution. But China's medical cost will not skyrocket. They can just simply let people die.

作者: mukmuk2 時間: 2010-9-3 12:39

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