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Blue Marlin Attacks Oil Pipeline, Halts Production At BP Facility
https://www.thedodo.com/swordfish-attacks-oil-pipeline-467106297.html
The energy company BP, whose Deepwater Horizon oil spill in 2010 caused one of the worst ecological disasters in history, has been given a costly taste of its own medicine by one sharp-snouted ocean inhabitant.
According to a report from the International Energy Agency, a floating BP facility off the coast of Angola was forced to halt production last month after an Atlantic blue marlin attacked one of its oil pipelines.
An official from BP confirmed to Bloomberg that the swordfish had punctured a hose at the Plutonio field storage barge, forcing a five day stoppage on the transfer of crude -- preventing an estimated 900,000 barrels of oil from reaching market and leading to losses of some $100 million.
According to a report from the International Energy Agency, a floating BP facility off the coast of Angola was forced to halt production last month after an Atlantic blue marlin attacked one of its oil pipelines.
An official from BP confirmed to Bloomberg that the swordfish had punctured a hose at the Plutonio field storage barge, forcing a five day stoppage on the transfer of crude -- preventing an estimated 900,000 barrels of oil from reaching market and leading to losses of some $100 million.
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