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The natural gas storage report from the EIA for the week ending December 11th indicated that the quantity of natural gas held in underground storage in the US had decreased by 122 billion cubic feet to 3,726 billion cubic feet by the end of the week, which left our gas supplies 284 billion cubic feet, or still 8.3% higher than the 3,442 billion cubic feet that were in storage on December 11th of last year, and 243 billion cubic feet, or 7.0% above the five-year average of 3,483 billion cubic feet of natural gas that have been in storage as of the 11th of December in recent years..the 122 billion cubic feet that were drawn out of US natural gas storage this week was less than the average forecast from an S&P Global Platts survey of analysts who had expected a 127 billion cubic foot withdrawal, but was higher than the average withdrawal of 105 billion cubic feet of natural gas that have typically been pulled out of natural gas storage during the same week over the past 5 years, and the
In passing sentence, Judge Dwyer said the discharge was a result of gross negligence and significant failures. The spill was the result of a series of failures, including not closing a valve on a bund which should have contained any spill. The oil, despite being refined, is still toxic to sea life.
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The rainbow sheen of oil visible in the water of Seaview Marina, looking east towards the stormwater outlet. ”Given the proximity to the marina and the direct connection to the stormwater system, they should have been aware of the risks; processes should have be undertaken with the highest degree of care.”
Company fined for oil discharged into stormwater network, Seaview Marina
16 Dec, 2020 09:10 PM
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Between 5000 and 6000 litres of oil was discharged into the stormwater network last year.
NZ Herald
By: Sophie Trigger
Harmful ecological affects were only avoided by good luck when a transformer oil company discharged between 5000 and 6000 litres of oil into the stormwater network last year.
The company eNZoil (NZ) Ltd, which takes waste transformer oil and refines it into a usable product, discharged the oil, which then ran into the Seaview Marina, on March 17 and 18, 2019.
Greater Wellington Council laid charges against eNZoil, which appeared before Judge Dwyer in the Wellington District Court on Wednesday and was fined $90,000 for the offence.
Oil spill.
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eNZoil (NZ) Ltd has been convicted and fined for discharging between 5000 and 6000 litres of refined transformer oil from their operation into the stormwater network and subsequently Seaview Marina.
The Regional Council laid charges against the company, which takes waste transformer oil and refines it into a useable product, for the incident which happened on the 17 and 18 March 2019. eNZoil appeared before Judge Dwyer in the Wellington District Court today and was fined $90,000 for the discharge.
In passing sentence the Judge commented that the discharge was a result of gross negligence and significant failures in process, saying ”given the proximity to the marina and the direct connection to the stormwater system, they should have been aware of the risks; processes should have be undertaken with the highest degree of care