According to a report by RIA Novosti on August 11, the area of oil pollution in the maritime oil spill near Novorossiysk, Russia was 400,000 times the previous report.
According to the information published on the website of the Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics of the Russian Academy of Sciences, on August 8, oil pollution has been spreading from the coast to 19 kilometers on the open sea.
Combining satellite images and meteorological data, Russian scientists concluded that the area of oil pollution in the Black Sea caused by the accident has reached 80 square kilometers.
The oil spill in Novorossiysk, Russia occurred on August 7th local time.
On the same day, the Russian Caspian Pipeline Group Company had an oil spill when filling crude oil for a Greek tanker (Minerva Symphony).
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