MOSCOW -(Dow Jones)- Russia’s Natural Resource Ministry Monday said it had recorded an oil spill in the east of the country from a pipeline belonging to Exxon Mobil Corp. (XOM).
The four-metric-ton spill took place Saturday in the Sakhalin region at a pipeline of Exxon Neftegaz Ltd., a subsidiary of the U.S. oil giant. The oil came from the Chaivo offshore field.
The pipeline remains closed while clean-up work is being carried out.
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-By Andrew Langley, Dow Jones Newswires; +7 495 974 80 55; [email protected]
Lundi 24 juillet 2006 / 9h59