Mumbai Oil Spill

• ONGC gets show-cause notice for oil spill

  An oil spill was reported at Mumbai-Uran Trunk oil pipeline near Mumbai following a rupture in ONGC's main pipeline that carries crude from the offshore Mumbai High fields to land.

• Oil spill off Mumbai coast; ONGC fixes leak in pipeline

  An oil spill has been reported off the Mumbai coast after a rupture in Oil and Natural Gas Corporation's (ONGC) main trunk pipeline yesterday.

• Merchant vessel splits into two off Mumbai coast; crew rescued

  A Singapore-bound merchant vessel from Jeddah split into two around 840 nautical miles off the coast in Mumbai on Monday causing an oil spill even as all the crew members were rescued, Coast Guard officials said.

• Mumbai oil spill: Impact on the economy

  The impact of the oil spill on the Mumbai coast line on trade is getting bigger. The two largest ports of the country, Jawahar Lal Nehru Port Trust and Mumbai Port, which together handle almost 60 per cent of the country's total trade, will remain closed for at least a week spelling big losses as the navigational channel is only expected to...

• Oil spill from MV Rak spreads beyond Mumbai

  The oil spill from the MV RAK carrier which sank near Dahej, 22 nautical miles from Mumbai, has thinned but it is still a worry. Environmentalists now say oil has spread beyond Mumbai to the Raigad district.Traces have been noted particularly between Uttan in Bhayandar and Gorai beach. The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has inspected the ...

• Oil spill from MV Rak threatens Mumbai coastline

  Another oil spill is threatening the fragile ecology of the Mumbai coastline. MV Rak, the vessel that sank off the coast of Mumbai last Thursday, is leaking oil.The oil from the ship which had spread up to seven nautical miles from the vessel yesterday has now spread to 12 nautical miles but the patches are thinning, says the Coast Guard. Talking t...

• Oil spill from MV Rak threatens Mumbai coastline

  Another oil spill is threatening the fragile ecology of the Mumbai coastline. MV Rak, the vessel that sank off the coast of Mumbai on Thursday, is now leaking oil.

• Oil leaking from sunken ship MV Rak, ecological disaster at Mumbai's doorstep?

  Mumbai's worst fears are coming true. MV Rak, the vessel that sank off the coast of Mumbai on Thursday, is now leaking oil. (See pics)The leak has occurred due to the ingress of water in the cargo hull, officials said."Since last night, oil has been observed leaking from the sunken vessel Rak Carrier at an approximate rate of 1.5 to 2 tonnes per ho...

• Oil leaking from sunken ship MV Rak, Coast Guard responding to spill

  In what could pose an ecological threat to the Mumbai coast, an oil leak was today reported from the sunken cargo vessel MV Rak.The leak has occurred due to the ingress of water in the cargo hull, officials said."Since last night, oil has been observed leaking from the sunken vessel Rak Carrier at an approximate rate of 1.5 to 2 tonnes per hour. Th...

• Mumbai: School boys build robot to clear oil spill

  It took the Mumbai Coast Guards several weeks to clear the recent oil spill in the Arabian Sea. But a robot, developed by four city students, can clear it in less than 30 days.The standard X students of Jamnabai Narsee School at Vile Parle have developed Seaswam, a low-cost solar operated robot that can swiftly clear oil spills in the ocean. The bo...

• Mumbai: Coast guard gets first anti-oil spill vessel

  Post the recent oil spill along the Mumbai harbour and the palpable need to control and combat pollution and protect marine life, the Indian Coast Guard got its first pollution control vessel commissioned on Saturday. Named ICGS Samudra Prahari, it was commissioned at the Naval Dockyard in Mumbai in the presence of chief minister Ashok Chavan, flag...

• Mumbai oil spill: The lost coast?

  Nearly two months after the ship collision off the Mumbai coast, one of its most famous tourist destinations - the Elephanta Caves - is still bearing the environmental impact. The devastation is so severe that marine life there is almost destroyed.The sands have blackened and the beach water is glistening with oil. The young mangrove trees have bee...

• Mumbai oil slick: Probe finds MV Khalijia to blame

  Nearly a month after the collision of two cargo ships, MV Khalijia and MSC Chitra, off the Mumbai coast resulted in a massive oil slick, the inquiry by the Director General of shipping has found that the MV Khalijia was mainly responsible for the accident. The collision had resulted in over 800 tonnes of oil leaking from the Chitra and it's cargo h...

• Mumbai oil spill: Probe blames Khalijia?

  Nearly a month after two cargo ships collided off the Mumbai coast causing a massive oil slick, an inquiry has found MV Khalijia - the ship that was grounded - was to blame for the accident. The probe by the Director General of Shipping is yet to be submitted to the Shipping Ministry but NDTV has access to the report. (In Pictures: Mumbai oil slick...

• Mumbai: Threat from toxic gas on MSC Chitra

  A high concentration of phosphine gas has been found in the narrow part of the bow of 'MSC Chitra', the cargo vessel which was damaged in a collision off the coast here early this month, the Directorate General of Shipping (DGS) said on Thursday.Detection of the colourless, flammable and toxic gas in the forepeak area indicates the possibility of c...