A large oil spill in 2011 from a floating oil production vessel off the coast of Nigeria, known as the Bonga, was one of the worst there in a decade.

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Such transfers are routine in the offshore oil industry, but something went wrong on the Bonga, owned by energy giant Shell. A major leak began in one of the lines that connected the two vessels.