LIMA - The oil spill off the coast of Peru sparked by a volcanic eruption thousands of miles away is twice as big as previously reported, the government said Friday.
Lima, Jan 28 (EFE).- Peru’s government on Friday said 11,900 barrels of crude polluted Pacific waters as a result of an oil spill earlier this month, nearly double its previous estimate of 6,000 barrels. “The new estimate is 11,900 barrels” through Thursday from the oil spill at a refinery owned by Spanish oil company Repsol, …