Hydrocarbon leak from the Total La Mède refinery

A hydrocarbon leak from the Total La Mède refinery, in the Bouches-du-Rhône, was detected on Monday around 2:30 p.m. in the Marseille-Rhône canal,

learned

from the site management, confirming information from Maritima.

“Hydrocarbons ended up in our sewer network and were carried to the canal,” specifies Philippe Billant, director of the La Mède platform.

We are in the process of pumping and we have installed two dams.

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The presence of these hydrocarbons in the platform's sewer network remains unexplained to this day.

According to Philippe Billant, "this presence was detected over an area of ​​10 m² and is measured more in liters than in cubic meters".

Total management claims to have notified the authorities, and hopes for a return to normal by Tuesday morning.

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• Marseilles

• Total

• Berre-l'Etang

• Hydrocarbons

• Refinery

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