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Mauritius Tackles Its Second Oil Spill This Year. This Time on Land.
Its state-owned power company discovered heavy oil has leaked in a marsh near the country’s capital
Source: Salmaan Gafoor
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Mauritius is cleaning up an oil spill in marshy land next to its main port, even as its shores remain affected by oil leakage from a shipwreck three months ago.
State-owned power company Central Electricity Board said it discovered on Oct. 30 that about 15 cubic meters (13 metric tons) of heavy oil had leaked through pipes connecting storage tanks near Port Louis, the Indian Ocean island nation’s capital. Mauritius burns heavy oil in power plants to produce about 40% of its electricity, according to the International Energy Agency.
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Mauritius Tackles Its Second Oil Spill This Year. This Time on Land.