Precious land has been taken up by exploration and the pipeline network, and destroyed by frequent oilspillage.
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Of concern are the release orspillageof hydrocarbons from ships, and biological introductions.
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Furthermore, local fisheries and the marine environment in general are affected by operational discharges (such as oilspillage), hull fouling and similar threats.
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Similarly,spillageor dumping of petroleum hydrocarbons and other chemicals are also known to have occurred.
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At each stage all relevant resource and energy consumption and emissions of pollution are taken into account, including all wastage andspillage.
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Concert hall staff cleaned up the vomit using an emergencyspillagecompound after the auditorium had been cleared.
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Use of grain also has a 'price' or unit cost of consumption t that reflects wastage orspillagein converting units of stock to units of consumption of grain.
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I understand that overflow pipes are not normally fitted because the vents must be designed so as to preventspillage.
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My technical advisers have been keeping in touch with the development of inflatable booms and other means of dealing with oil spillages.
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A series of beings in the food chain of the marine ecosystem are, without any doubt, affected already as a result of the oil spillages.
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There was aspillageinto the car park of the premises from where it was being removed.
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Criticism about the oil spillages is as nothing to the anger that some of us feel about the oil wells.
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The only fault is failure to notify the appropriate authorities of anyspillage, and even then the penalty for failure to notify is a paltry £50.
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Secondly, there has been the most unusual coincidence of both natural and man-made disasters over the past few years —hurricanes, earthquakes, oil spillages and fires.
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Legislation is already in place aimed at preventing thespillageof diesel fuel from vehicles.
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