Worst oil spills of 2011
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China.org.cn, November 16, 2011
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Location: New Zealand
Date: Oct. 5 2011
Amount: 350 tonnes of heavy fuel oil
The 47,000 tonne container vessel "Rena" hit a reef about 22 kilometres off the coast of Tauranga, New Zealand on Oct. 5 and leaked about 350 tonnes of heavy fuel oil, much of which washed up on local beaches.
The oil leaking from a grounded cargo ship off the New Zealand coast is the country's worst environmental disaster in decades, local official says.
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