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Prestige Oil Spill

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Ship properties

Accident Date  13-11-2002
Accident Nation  Spain
Accident place  Galice, in the offling of Finisterra cape
Ship name  Prestige
Pavillion  Bahamas
Transported Product  Heavy fuel oil
Transported Amount  77 000 ton.
Building Date  1976
Ship Type  Tanker

 

Spilled oil properties

Name Fuel Oil M-100 (Russian terminology)
Density at 15 șC 993 kg/m3
Viscosity at 50 șC 615 cSt
Viscosity at 80 șC 103.5 cSt
Pour Point 6 șC
Asphaltene content 6.80 %
Sulphur Content 2.58 %

 

Accident details

Date  13-11-2002
Nation

 Spain
Place  Galice, in the offling of Finisterra cape
Amount Spilled  > 30 000 ton.

 

 

Chart with positions of Prestige between the accident and ship breaking (13-11 to 19-11)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

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