About four tons of oil has spilled from an underground pipeline in the Komi Republic in Russia’s far northeast, The Barent’s Observer reported. Bellona,
25/06-2008
The regional centre on emergency situations told RIA Novosti that the spill came from a rupture in a 500milimeter length of pipeline in the Sosnogorsk region belonging to Lukoil-Komi.
The spill has been stopped and oil transport resumed, regional authorities report, said The Barents Observer.