Diesel oil disaster near Norilsk

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The diesel oil spill in Norilsk is an industrial accident near Norilsk in the Krasnoyarsk Territory , in Russia, which began on May 29, 2020 as a fuel tank in the thermal power plant no. 3 of Norilsk-Taimyr Energy (owned by Norilsk Nickel expired) and the local Flooded rivers with up to 21,000 cubic meters (17,500 tons) of diesel fuel .

The satellite image animation shows leaked diesel oil in the Ambarnaya River on May 31 and June 1 - easily recognizable by its purple color.

Nornickel stated that Reservoir 5 collapsed when the permafrost on which it was built began to soften. The oil spill is therefore a consequence of the heat wave in Siberia in 2020 .

In July 2020, 44.5 tons of kerosene also leaked from a pipeline operated by the Norilsktransgas company.

Reactions

On June 3, Vladimir Putin held a meeting on measures to combat the oil spill in the Krasnoyarsk region.

Russian President Vladimir Putin declared a state of emergency on June 3. The accident has been described as the second largest oil spill in modern Russian history. In 1994/95 around 400,000 tons of crude oil leaked into the environment through a leak in the Komi pipeline .

See also

supporting documents

  1. ^ Diesel fuel spill in Norilsk in Russia's Arctic contained. Retrieved July 14, 2020 .
  2. ^ State of emergency in Norilsk after 20,000 tons of diesel leaks into Arctic river system. Accessed July 14, 2020 .
  3. DER SPIEGEL: New leak: Russia's far north is facing the next catastrophe - DER SPIEGEL. Retrieved July 14, 2020 .
  4. ^ Staff, agencies: Putin orders state of emergency after huge fuel spill inside Arctic Circle . In: The Guardian . June 3, 2020, ISSN  0261-3077 ( theguardian.com [accessed July 14, 2020]).
  5. Ivan Nechepurenko: Russia Declares Emergency After Arctic Oil Spill . In: The New York Times . June 4, 2020, ISSN  0362-4331 ( nytimes.com [accessed July 14, 2020]).
  6. ^ Minerals Yearbook . Bureau of Mines., 1994 ( google.at [accessed July 14, 2020]).

Coordinates: 69 ° 19 ′ 35 ″  N , 87 ° 56 ′ 8 ″  E