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Egyptian oil spill in the Red Sea has caused a new environmental catastrophe, prompting an outcry among activists that call for tighter offshore regulations.

Huge quantities of crude gushing from Egypt's offshore platforms in the Red Sea have reached the coasts of Egyptian tourist hub Hurghada, AFP reported.

Hurghada attracts millions of tourists for diving and snorkeling, the report says.

Hurghada Environmental Protection and Conservation Agency (HEPCA) says the leak started about 4-5 days ago but the companies in charge, covered up the "catastrophic" incident...

Elsewhere in Nigeria, the government has threatened to levy punitive sanctions against ExxonMobil, if the giant US oil company fails to contain the crude spills from offshore platforms in Nigeria's southeast Akwa Ibom State. 

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Chevron Vice President for Exploration Bobby Ryan discusses the importance of the Outer Continental Shelf in meeting U.S. energy needs and why we should look for new energy sources in these areas currently off limits.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska, May 25 (Reuters) - The Trans-Alaska Pipeline, partly owned by BP (BP.L), shut down on Tuesday after spilling several thousand barrels of crude oil into backup containers, drastically cutting supply down the main artery between refineries and Alaska's oilfields.

The accident comes at a difficult time for BP -- the largest single owner of the pipeline operator, holding 47 percent -- as it struggles to plug a gushing Gulf of Mexico oil well [ID:nN2597511].

The shutdown followed a series of mishaps that resulted from a scheduled fire-command system test at Pump Station 9, about 100 miles (161 km) south of Fairbanks, said Alyeska Pipeline Service Co, the operator of the 800-mile oil line.

The power outage triggered opening of relief valves, causing an unspecified volume of crude oil to overflow a storage tank into a secondary containment. There were no injuries, but the approximately 40 people at the work site were evacuated, Alyeska spokeswoman Michele Egan said

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ANCHORAGE, Alaska, May 26 (Reuters) - The Trans-Alaska

Pipeline remained shut down on Wednesday, a day after some

scheduled maintenance work at a pump station along the 800-mile

(1,287-km) line triggered an unexpected power outage and

released crude oil from a storage tank.

The pipeline normally ships about 677,000 barrels per day

of North Slope crude to a terminal at the tanker port of

Valdez. With the system shut down, North Slope producers have

been ordered to cut their flow into the pipeline's Prudhoe Bay

intake station to 16 percent of normal rates.

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