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157K Barrel Oil Spill Occurs at Paulsboro, Nj Refinery

West Deptford Patch -- A leak at a container at the Paulsboro refinery led to a major oil spill, equalling nearly a day's worth of refining capacity, Thursday afternoon, but the spill was contained to the refinery and poses no major health risks, according to the state Department of Environmental Protection (DEP).

As of 6 p.m., around 157,000 barrels of oil—or 6.6 million gallons—had spilled into an emergency containment area, which is cut off by a large berm near the tank, according to the DEP. The containment was preventing the oil from spreading beyond the immediate area, and the DEP said the Delaware River and groundwater should be safe from contamination.

Initial air tests by the Gloucester County Department of Health and refinery personnel indicated no serious health risk from the odor from the leaki

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Submitted Feb 24, 2012 By: Joeski1

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drpepperTX Champion Author Texas Posts:8,950 Points:753,185 Joined:Apr 2011	Message Posted: Feb 24, 2012 1:58:04 PM Ignore drpepperTX Report Abuse LOL, tea. Do you ever read the side effects of prescription drugs? They'll be putting out a printed warning label on 'hopium' soon!
teafortwo Champion Author Washington Posts:22,132 Points:1,387,015 Joined:Feb 2009	Message Posted: Feb 24, 2012 1:35:29 PM Ignore teafortwo Report Abuse BIG OIL & GAS love us If you can smell it? Then you are inhaling it into your body. FYI - Crude Oil and Your Health - Crude oil contains highly toxic chemicals ... : Exposure to crude oil in the air can cause difficulty breathing, headaches, dizziness, nausea, and confusion. Even brief exposure can cause health problems for people with asthma, COPD, and other respiratory problems. Direct contact with contaminated water can cause skin damage. Delayed effects of crude oil exposure can include liver, kidney, respiratory, reproductive, blood, immune system and nervous system damage, cancer and birth defects. The occurrence and nature of harm will depend on exposure and individual factors, but some people are more susceptible .... BIG OIL & GAS love us
TruthMatters Champion Author New Jersey Posts:2,523 Points:535,670 Joined:Oct 2011	Message Posted: Feb 24, 2012 1:34:47 PM Ignore TruthMatters Report Abuse Great! Another spill. This time in my backyard.
ktbaeohana Champion Author Las Vegas Posts:2,311 Points:422,975 Joined:Mar 2010	Message Posted: Feb 24, 2012 11:52:07 AM Ignore ktbaeohana Report Abuse Make sure the company Paulsboro refinery clean their mess not the taxpayer.
Venzadriver Champion Author Florida Posts:1,325 Points:360,865 Joined:Dec 2010	Message Posted: Feb 24, 2012 11:49:07 AM Ignore Venzadriver Report Abuse The company needs to pay for the cleanup without passing on the costs to the consumer.
nfldude Champion Author San Diego Posts:3,884 Points:447,755 Joined:Dec 2011	Message Posted: Feb 24, 2012 11:41:48 AM Ignore nfldude Report Abuse At $110/barrel that's over $17 million the refiner needs to recoup at the pump before adding clean up costs
drpepperTX Champion Author Texas Posts:8,950 Points:753,185 Joined:Apr 2011	Message Posted: Feb 24, 2012 11:32:51 AM Ignore drpepperTX Report Abuse From article- "DEP spokesman Lawrence Hanja said the Paulsboro Refining Company and its parent company, PBF Energy, are responsible for the cleanup." Also, good to see the spill was contained as the containment berms performed as intended. They will be able to pump the oil into other storage facilities on site. Rain or no rain the oil should still be able to be refined. No health risk and nobody hurt are both good news.
PDQBlues Champion Author San Diego Posts:7,079 Points:1,449,300 Joined:Jan 2009	Message Posted: Feb 24, 2012 11:16:54 AM Ignore PDQBlues Report Abuse "...no serious health risk from the odor..." Oh, I'm sure that's of little comfort to those gagging on those noxious fumes. Thanks, Joeski1, for the article and common-sense posts.
Jeff1944 Champion Author South Dakota Posts:4,239 Points:1,075,595 Joined:Jan 2010	Message Posted: Feb 24, 2012 10:54:53 AM Ignore Jeff1944 Report Abuse Hi Joeski1; better article. Thanks.
buckets42 Champion Author New Jersey Posts:1,690 Points:329,550 Joined:Oct 2011	Message Posted: Feb 24, 2012 10:37:31 AM Ignore buckets42 Report Abuse Good catch!
bandannaman Champion Author New Jersey Posts:1,849 Points:365,610 Joined:Dec 2010	Message Posted: Feb 24, 2012 10:15:45 AM Ignore bandannaman Report Abuse Nice catch!
kag2010 Champion Author Winnipeg Posts:5,264 Points:1,021,710 Joined:Apr 2010	Message Posted: Feb 24, 2012 10:12:24 AM Ignore kag2010 Report Abuse It seems any excuse will do.
Joeski1 Champion Author New Jersey Posts:10,012 Points:1,743,785 Joined:Dec 2004	Message Posted: Feb 24, 2012 9:54:18 AM Ignore Joeski1 Report Abuse I also want to comment that it rained fairly heavy last night and this morning and this 'containment area' is an open air containment area... any oil in this area has mixed with rainwater from last nights and todays rains....
roosfamily Rookie Author San Francisco Posts:61 Points:564,235 Joined:Jun 2011	Message Posted: Feb 24, 2012 9:33:11 AM Ignore roosfamily Report Abuse It seems any excuse will do for the price of gas to go up these days. Maybe this spill in NJ explains why the price in the SF Bay Area went up 12 cents today after going up at least 15 cents less than a week ago. Crooks!!
Joeski1 Champion Author New Jersey Posts:10,012 Points:1,743,785 Joined:Dec 2004	Message Posted: Feb 24, 2012 9:33:08 AM Ignore Joeski1 Report Abuse I also note complaints of headaches in the comments section on the page of this article... west deptford is about 6 miles away and I had a pounding headache as well since last night and can smell a unusually fowl odor in our area as well...
Joeski1 Champion Author New Jersey Posts:10,012 Points:1,743,785 Joined:Dec 2004	Message Posted: Feb 24, 2012 9:29:44 AM Ignore Joeski1 Report Abuse wanted to give a better view of the amount of waste and the fact that the ultimate cost of cleanup is passed onto consumers as 'business as usual'