2019 Northeastern Brazil oil spill

Name: 2019 Northeastern Brazil oil spill
Start: 2019

2019 CE.

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In 2019, a spill of crude oil in northeastern Brazil affected Brazilian jurisdictional waters and over 2,250 km (1,400 mi) of coastline. The spill was first reported on 30 August 2019. The origin of the oil spill is unconfirmed but stated to not be Brazilian. By the end of October 2019, over 1,000 tonnes had been cleaned up; the spill had contaminated portions of all nine states of Brazil's Northeast Region. It is the worst oil spill in Brazilian history and the largest environmental disaster ever recorded on the Brazilian coast or any tropical coastal region worldwide.

Text from the Wikipedia article 2019 Northeast Brazil oil spill, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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