NORILSK DIESEL OIL SPILL, RUSSIA; WORLD’S LARGEST ARCTIC OIL SPILL
ABSTRACT The Norilsk diesel oil spill is an ongoing 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. President Vladimir Putin declared a state of emergency in early June 2020. CAUSE OF THE OIL SPILL Diesel oil is used as a […]