Owner says tanker linked to Peru oil spill is undamaged
Repsol said the oil spill was caused by ‘a maritime phenomenon unforeseeable by the company’ as a result of the volcanic eruption in Tonga
It is believed strong tides caused by the volcanic eruption on the Pacific island of Tonga affected the offloading of an Italian-owned crude tanker at Repsol's La Pampilla refinery near Lima