内容摘要：Kumaison says her home has been raised with concrete and dirt three times now, each time being followed by even higher flooding. In the flooded front yard, villagers have helped her build nets that help catch trash, preventing it from floating into her home. She has trouble sleeping at night, worried that the floods will get even higher in the middle of the night.

Kumaison says her home has been raised with concrete and dirt three times now, each time being followed by even higher flooding. In the flooded front yard, villagers have helped her build nets that help catch trash, preventing it from floating into her home. She has trouble sleeping at night, worried that the floods will get even higher in the middle of the night.

Oil major Shell operates a fleet of giant ships permanently moored over oilfields around the world. The ships receive oil pumped from wells beneath the seabed and transfer it to tankers. Reporting by The Associated Press, based, raises questions about the safety of these ships.

Here’s what to know:(AP Illustration / Peter Hamlin)(AP Illustration / Peter Hamlin)

What can go wrong was illustrated off Nigeria in 2011, when a pipe connecting Shell’s production ship Bonga to a tanker sprang a leak. The spill wasn’t noticed for more than four hours, and 40,000 barrels of oil spilled into the Atlantic. An oil slick spread over 685 square miles (1,776 square kilometers) of water, an area twice the size of New York City. A $3.6 billion fine was the result, though it’s still being appealed today.An internal review of Shell’s oil production ship fleet in 2022 shows that, 11 years after the Bonga spill, problems remained. The vessel had “continuously deficient” firefighting, lifesaving and oil transfer systems. Oil transfer systems were what failed in the 2011 spill.

Tony Cox, an offshore oil accident investigator, said this was concerning given transfers are a “recognized hazard” and a “well known” potential spillage point.

The report described “recurring incidents” on other ships, noting “severe corrosion” in a vessel off Brazil. Two workers were left “with moderate to severe burns” after an accident in U.S. waters. There were “degraded facilities” on the gas-producing ship Prelude, anchored off Australia, where fire broke out in 2021.Food and Drug Administration, East Providence, R.I. (2,400 square feet)

Internal Revenue Service National Office, El Centro, Calif. (5,120 square feet)Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, El Paso, Texas (7,973 square feet)

Bureau of Indian Affairs, Elko, Nev. (4,760 square feet)Indian Health Service-Phoenix, Elko, Nev. (853 square feet)