15 March 2004 09:23
Illegal incision into pipeline causes oil leak in Russia`s Volga region
Yekaterinburg, 15 March: A leak in a Buzulukneft pipeline near the village of Spiridonovka, 286 km off Orenburg, has
been stopped. The leak resulted in some 400 tonnes of oil spilt and polluting an area of 100 sq.m., Nikolay Gerasimov,
aide to the head of the Emergencies Ministry's Volga-Urals regional centre, told ITAR-TASS today.
The leak from a 530-mm pipe with operating pressure of 8 atm. was caused by an unsanctioned incision into the
Pokrovka-Kuleshovka pipeline running from an oil well to an oil-pumping station.
Some 160 t of polluted soil have been removed, Gerasimov said. No oil found way to local rivers, he added.
[ITAR-TASS news agency] |
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