The amount of oil that has leaked is not yet known, but the oil slick stretches for many kilometers. A satellite image shows the enormous extent of environmental pollution.
Novorossiysk – After an accident with a tanker in the Black Sea, the level of pollution is greater than initially announced.
At 80 square kilometers, the oil spill is several hundred thousand times larger than the polluter company said, said the Russian Academy of Sciences after evaluating satellite images. "On August 8, the oil spill stretched from the coast to the open sea over a length of 19 kilometers." The amount of oil that leaked near the city of Novorossiysk was previously unknown.
On Saturday there was an accident while pumping oil into a Greek tanker six kilometers off the Russian coast. According to the pipeline operator, around twelve cubic meters of the raw material got into the sea. The polluted area was estimated at 200 square meters. dpa
