SINKING OF TANKER ST. PETER OFF COLOMBIA

The tanker St. Peter sank on February 5, 1976 in 1,000 meters of water approximately 30 kilometers off Cabo Manglares, Colombia. The lack of locally available equipment to locate the vessel and eliminate the source, the logistics involved in mounting operations to reduce the environmental damage, and the need for a response organization are discussed. A particular problem was finding equipment which could operate at the extreme depths and developing a plan for removing the long-term pollution threat, the crude oil cargo.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Presented at the Oil Spill Conference in New Orleans, Louisiana, March 8-10, 1977.
• Corporate Authors:

  American Petroleum Institute

  1220 L Street, NW
  Washington, DC  United States  20005-4070
• Authors:
  • Hayes, T M
• Conference:
  • Presented at the Oil Spill Conference in New Orleans, Louisiana, March 8-10, 1977.
• Publication Date: 1977

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 289-291

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Crashes; Environmental impacts; Fatalities; Oil spill cleanup; Oil spills; Tankers; Water pollution
• Old TRIS Terms: Oil spill contingency plans; Tanker casualties
• Subject Areas: Environment; Marine Transportation; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00163106
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Engineering Index
• Report/Paper Numbers: No. 4284 Proceeding
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Oct 13 1977 12:00AM