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The Mega Borg Oil Spill occurred in the Gulf of Mexico on June 8, 1990, roughly 50 miles off the coast of Texas , when the oil tanker Mega Borg caught on fire and exploded. The cleanup was one of the first practical uses of bioremediation.

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