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Fact sheet: Polar Texas Oil Spill (Historical)

 
Publication number Date Published
06-08-032October 2006
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Author(s) Curt Hart
Description On the evening of Oct. 13, 2004, the oil tanker Polar Texas spilled a
significant amount of crude oil in Dalco Passage. Polar Tankers, Inc. which owned the Polar
Texas will pay the Department of Ecology $540,000 for spilling oil to Washington waters.
Polar Tankers, Inc. is owned by ConocoPhillips, the fifth largest fuel-refiner in the world.
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Keywords penalty, response, prevention, preparedness, oil spill