2020-06-07

Something tells me we're going to be seeing more of these sorts of things happening a lot more often - 2020 Norilsk oil spill.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_Norilsk_oil_spill

The Norilsk diesel oil spill is an industrial disaster that began on 29 May 2020 when a fuel storage tank at Norilsk-Taimyr Energy's Thermal Power Plant No. 3 (owned by Nornickel) collapsed, flooding local rivers with 21,000 cubic metres (17,500 tonnes) of diesel oil.[1][2] Russian President Vladimir Putin declared a state of emergency.[3] The accident has been described as the second-largest oil spill in modern Russian history.[4]

Cause

Diesel oil is used as a backup fuel for the Norilsk-Taimyr Energy (NTEK) coal-fired combined heat and power plant.[5] A diesel fuel storage tank failed when the permafrost it was built on began to soften.[6] A statement from Nornickel stated: "Due to sudden subsidence of supports which served for more than 30 years without problems, the diesel fuel storage tank was damaged, resulting in a fuel leak."[7]

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