Dalian oil spill cleanup finished

Authorities finished cleaning up the last of the oil spill off the coast of Dalian, Liaoning province, on Monday, Reuters reported, citing state media. The spill, which began after a pipeline blast on July 16, leaked an estimated 1,500 metric tones into the surrounding ocean. Local officials employed some 800 fishing boats and clean-up vessels to combat the spill with chemical dispersants, absorbents, and oil-composting bacteria. The spill forced PetroChina (PTR.NYSE, 601857.SH, 0857.HK) to cut refinery production and divert vessels to other ports. Dalian Port Company (2880.HK) re-opened two berths at the Dalian Xingang oil terminal, each with a capacity to dock 150,000 dead weight tonnage tankers and 80,000 dead weight tonnage vessels. However, the main crude terminal, with capacity to dock 300,000 ton crude oil carriers, remains closed.