Norilsk oil spill - Wikipedia
The Norilsk diesel oil spill was an industrial disaster near Norilsk, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia. It began on 29 May 2020 when a fuel storage tank at Norilsk-Taimyr Energy's Thermal Power Plant No. 3 (owned by Nornickel ) failed, flooding local rivers with up to 17,500 tonnes of diesel oil .
A year after the Norilsk disaster, where are Russia’s oil risks and ...
2021年5月29日 · One year on from the Norilsk accident, Greenpeace Russia is documenting the impacts of new oil spills in the Russian Arctic and looking at steps the government is taking to avoid such disasters in future.
Russian Arctic oil spill pollutes big lake near Norilsk - BBC
Diesel oil from a huge spill in Russia's Arctic north has polluted a large freshwater lake and there is a risk it could spread into the Arctic Ocean, a senior Russian official says....
Putin declares emergency over huge oil spill | CNN
2020年6月3日 · Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday ordered a state of emergency in Norilsk, a Siberian city within the Arctic circle, after 20,000 tons of fuel spilled into a nearby river from a power...
Russia Admits to ‘World’s Largest’ Arctic Oil Spill
2020年12月24日 · Some 21,000 tons of oil poured into the surrounding ground and waterways near the city of Norilsk after a diesel oil tank belonging to a subsidiary of Russian metals giant Nornickel collapsed...
Arctic Oil Spill: Nornickel Failures, Tank Flaws Caused Catastrophe ...
2020年11月26日 · A cocktail of design flaws, management failures and rising temperatures made the worst oil spill in Russia’s modern history — and the most damaging ever inside the Arctic circle ...
Major Fuel Spill in Russia’s North Spreads Toward Arctic Ocean
2020年6月9日 · MOSCOW — Floating barriers hastily laid across rivers in the far north of Russia have failed to contain a major diesel fuel spill that has now spread to a lake near the Arctic Ocean and is...
Russia Declares Emergency After Arctic Oil Spill
2020年6月4日 · MOSCOW — President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia has declared a state of emergency in a region in northern Siberia after a huge oil spill turned a river crimson and threatened to inflict...
Arctic Circle oil spill prompts Putin to declare state of emergency - BBC
2020年6月4日 · Russia's President Vladimir Putin has declared a state of emergency after 20,000 tonnes of diesel oil leaked into a river within the Arctic Circle. The spill happened when a fuel tank at a...
Monitoring oil spill in Norilsk, Russia using satellite data
2021年2月15日 · The present study explores and maps the oil spill that occurred on May 29, 2020 near the Norilsk City in the Taimyr region, Russia using Sentinel-2 data (Fig. 1). The oil spill has occurred due to the failure of a diesel fuel storage tank built upon permafrost 41, 42 and led to contamination of the water and soil over the large territories ...