KRASNODAR, 11 Aug The head of the Caspian Pipeline Consortium (CPC), Nikolai Gorban, confirmed a 200 square meter oil spill near Novorossiysk, stating that the large Black Sea slick in another photo taken after the storm was not oil, the Krasnodar Territory administration said. of the Greek tanker Minerva Symphony near Novorossiysk when loading from an outboard mooring facility owned by CPC. According to the consortium, the spill area was about 200 square meters, the volume was about 12 cubic meters. However, later, the Space Research Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences published a satellite image from the evening of August 8, reporting that, according to scientists' calculations, oil spilled over an area of almost 80 square kilometers. Russian Energy Minister Nikolai Shulginov, at a meeting with the head of the CPC, announced the need to verify the information on the volume of the spill.
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The Governor of the Krasnodar Territory Veniamin Kondratyev on Thursday met with the CPC General Director regarding the situation with the oil spill. «The general director of the company Nikolay Gorban said that the first satellite image that appeared confirmed the area of the oil slick of 200 square meters. The slick in the second photo, which was taken after the storm, is not oil. During the day, experts expect new images of the area,» the press said. administration service on Thursday.
Water quality was checked in Novorossiysk With reference to the data of the head of CPC, it is reported that at this moment the coastline and the sea area are clean, water samples are normal. The water area, carried out by the specialists of the regulatory authorities, did not reveal any pollution of the sea. There is a corresponding video in the public domain. An inspection was also carried out today. We do not observe any residual phenomena. We understand our responsibility, we closely interact with Rosprirodnadzor, «Gorban’s press service quotes the Kuban administration’s press service. Wednesday it became known about the initiation of a criminal case on the pollution of the marine environment. Environmentalists interviewed by RIA Novosti believe that oil in the sea will be collected in up to two weeks. According to WWF-Russia estimates, 100 tons of oil products got into the water.
The Prosecutor General's Office will monitor the case of the oil spill near Novorossiysk