Satellite images of oil spill in the Black Sea do not prove damage – Ministry of Natural Resources

The plot of the oil spill near Novorossiysk

Preliminary analysis data in the oil spill zone in the port of Novorossiysk did not show an excess of the maximum permissible values for the content of petroleum products, said the head of the Ministry of Natural Resources Alexander Kozlov in an interview with the TV channel “Russia 24”.

According to him, the results of water research conducted by Rosprirodnadzor will give a reliable answer.

Kozlov noted that to determine the presence of environmental damage, samples were taken in seven different locations of the sea on August 9. In addition, measurements were made along the Utrish Nature Reserve. At the same time, according to the minister, the agency does not work with satellite images as an evidence base.

“We work with laboratory research. And according to the results of the analyses that our colleagues from Rosprirodnadzor will give, the order of responsibility will be formed, ” Kozlov said. According to him, it will take “several days” to analyze the samples.

Recall that on August 8, an oil spill occurred in the Black Sea near Novorossiysk while loading the Greek tanker Minerva Symphony. On the eve of the data appeared that the area of the spot from the release of petroleum products was 80 square kilometers, and not 200 square meters, as originally reported.

On August 12, the Caspian Pipeline Consortium announced that the giant spot on the water, which fell on the photo taken after the storm, is not oil. 

However, as Philip Sapozhnikov, an employee of the Institute of Oceanology of the Russian Academy of Sciences, told RIA Novosti, it is unlikely that the phenomenon has a different origin. 

On August 12, a criminal case on the fact of a spill of petroleum products near Novorossiysk, initiated under the article “Marine pollution”, was reclassified to a more serious article – “Marine pollution that caused significant harm to aquatic biological resources and the environment”. Investigators and criminologists continue to inspect the contaminated areas, environmental and technical forensic examinations have been appointed.

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