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Friday, 06 January 2006
KAZAKH CASPIAN PORT SUFFERS MAJOR OIL SPILL
By empty (1/6/2006 issue of the CACI Analyst)
An Azerbaijani-registered oil tanker spilled more than a ton of oil into the Caspian Sea at the Kazakh port of Aktau on 6 January. The Kazakh Emergency Situations Ministry responded by trying to enclose the immediate area and launching cleanup operations. The immediate environmental damage from the spill has not yet been determined.
An Azerbaijani-registered oil tanker spilled more than a ton of oil into the Caspian Sea at the Kazakh port of Aktau on 6 January. The Kazakh Emergency Situations Ministry responded by trying to enclose the immediate area and launching cleanup operations. The immediate environmental damage from the spill has not yet been determined. (Interfax)