A criminal case has been opened over the recent oil products spill in Russia's Nenets Autonomous Region, the Investigative Committee said on Monday
MOSCOW (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 19th October, 2020) A criminal case has been opened over the recent oil products spill in Russia's Nenets Autonomous Region, the Investigative Committee said on Monday.
According to the Russian Investigative Committee, a pipeline rupture and subsequent oil products spill were discovered on October 17, during process operations at a decommissioned section of the Yuzhnaya Shapka-Kharyaga Terminal oil pipeline. The area of the spill on the soil totaled 25 square meters, and a iridescent film was detected in the Kolva river. Effort was launched to contain and eliminate the leak. The volume of spilled oil and oil products amounts to at least 0.9 cubic meters, according to the Investigative Committee.
"As there are grounds to believe that there was a violation of the environmental protection regulations during exploitation of industrial facilities by persons responsible for the observation of these rules ... a criminal probe was opened into crime ... 'violation of rules of environmental protection regulations during works'," the Russian Investigative Committee said in a statement.
Investigators are now trying to establish all the circumstances of the incident, the site will soon be inspected.
