A crude oil tanker collided with a service vessel in the Gulf of Mexico near Texas, spilling 18,000 gallons (68,140 litres) of the tanker’s fuel but none of its cargo, the U.S. Coast Guard said on Wednesday. The accident occurred in rough seas late Tuesday after the tanker finished receiving crude oil from a supertanker too large to enter port 46 miles (74 km) southeast of Galveston.
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Tanker collision off Texas spills fuel into Gulf
A crude oil tanker collided with a service vessel in the Gulf of Mexico near Texas, spilling 18,000 gallons (68,140 litres) of the tanker’s fuel but none of its cargo, the U.S. Coast Guard said on Wednesday. The accident occurred in rough seas late Tuesday after the tanker finished receiving crude o
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