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Būtingė oil terminal. Photo by Vladimir Ivanovo (VŽ)
According to preliminary data, up to 2 tonnes of crude oil products were spilled from the loading buoy at the Būtingė terminal owned by Orlen Lietuva on Monday. Pollutants float to Latvia. Orlen Lietuva’s activities were not interrupted.
Renovated. Orlen Lietuva: the situation is under control, oil refining has not stopped.
According to the spreading forecast of the polluting slick made by the Environmental Protection Agency, this slick is moving towards the territorial waters of Latvia and will not reach the coast in the next three days. The forecast will be adjusted as more accurate data is collected, according to a press release.
AB Orlen Lietuva announced that the spill of a small amount of raw material has been stopped due to mechanical damage to the infrastructure, the exact amount of spilled oil will be clear after the settlement of the accident. The AB Orlen Lietuva Emergency Operations Center formed an incident investigation commission.
The tugboats Orlen Lietuva AB are working at the accident site. According to the company, no pollution was observed on the Baltic Sea coast from Šventoji to Liepaja.
Damage to nature will be identified
Once the amount of pollutants discharged into the sea has been determined, the Department of Environmental Protection will calculate the damage caused to the environment, which must be compensated by the terminal operator. According to the Minister of the Environment, Simon Gentville, it will depend on meteorological factors.
The environment minister says the pollutants covered about 1 square kilometer. kilometer of sea surface, but precise determination is difficult due to bad weather conditions.
“Oil spilled from the buoy at the Būtingė terminal. As I understand it, the tanker itself is not attached to it, but a spill from the hose itself,” S. Gentvilas told LRT radio on Monday.
The authorities received notification of the incident on Monday around 10 pm The Maritime Rescue Coordination Center, a unit of the Navy in charge of dealing with these types of incidents, is adjusting the area of the spilled pollutant by helicopter, says the Ministry of Environment.
The head of the center, Eugenijus Valikovas, said a search and rescue ship “Šakiai” was dispatched to collect pollutants. A helicopter of the Lithuanian Air Force flew to the scene of the disaster.
Orlen Lietuva has been importing oil through the Būtingė terminal since 2006.
The activity was not broken
Due to the accident at the Būtingė terminal, AB Orlen Lietuva’s activities were not interrupted. The refinery has accumulated crude reserves, refining will proceed according to plan, the situation in the Baltic Sea is fully under control in the event of this incident, the company informed VŽ.
According to her, all necessary measures have been taken to restore the infrastructure of the oil handling terminal in Būtingė.
According to preliminary data, up to 2 tons of crude oil products were spilled, the Environment Ministry reported.
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