Emissions of oil products in Novorossiysk were not associated with tankers

On the coastline in Novorossiysk found minor emissions of petroleum products, according to the operational headquarters of the Krasnodar region.

According to the Ministry of Civil and Emergency Situations of the region, the emissions recorded during the monitoring of the coastline in Novorossiysk are not oil products carried by the tanker affected in October. Samples were taken for analysis, the composition and origin of oil products are being clarified, the report said.

Emissions were recorded during coast monitoring. Experts took samples for analysis, composition and origin of oil products. 42 people were involved in the cleaning – employees of Kuban-SPAS and Novorossiysk municipal rescue service. Also involved 11 units of equipment.

Monitoring of the environmental situation in municipalities is conducted around the clock, noted in the operational staff. According to him, no significant emissions to the shore and large oil spills on the sea surface are currently recorded.

On the eve of the Governor of Kuban Veniamin Kondratiev signed a decree on the regime of high readiness in Gelendzhik and Novorossiysk. It was introduced to prevent a possible emergency due to a spill of petroleum products after attacks by unmanned boats on ships in the Black Sea.

On October 6, off the coast of Sochi, unmanned boats attacked the tanker Aframax Rio under the flag of Liberia. As a result of the attack, oil burned on the ship. After the fire, the authorities of Sochi temporarily closed the embankments and beaches and organized control of the state of water and air.