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field Incident
April 22nd 1977
Ekofisk Field
Higher air temperature & rough seas helped the break-up of the most of the oil.
There was no major damage to the environment & shoreline pollution.
Besides, there was no major damage to the platform.
Finally, after 7 days, the well was capped in April 30 th 1977.
Regarded as the major blowout of the North Sea's history as it as the very first North Sea oil spill.
The ignition of oil & gas was prevented that led to no casualities and major injuries at
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