US EditionPipeline Peril: Oil Spill in Uckermark
- Late on Wednesday, state authorities in Brandenburg reported a major oil spill at the Gramzow pumping station, releasing roughly 200,000 liters from pipelines connecting the Schwedt refinery to Rostock.
- PCK spokeswoman said sabotage could be ruled out while officials described the incident as an accident and Alexander Trenn, Schwedt fire department, reported a pressure of around 20 bar.
- Around 100 fire department officers and about 25 company employees responded using specialist clean-up machinery, and local broadcaster rbb reported the leak was mostly plugged by 19:45 local time.
- Situated near large nature reserves, the spill threatens forests and the Oder River near the Polish border, while PCK's Schwedt refinery processes 11.5 million metric tons a year.
- The volume involved would fill a little less than one-tenth of an Olympic pool, and the refinery's location next to another national park complicates clean-up efforts and environmental remediation.
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On the oil pipeline between Rostock and Schwedt there was a disaster. PCK explained that, according to initial findings, the accident was caused by work for a planned safety test.
A large oil spill has occurred due to damage to a pipeline at the PCK refinery in the eastern German state of Brandenburg, a spokesman for the state's environment ministry said, adding that they could not comment on the cause of the accident or the extent of the damage at this time.
Near the PCK refinery Schwedt in the Uckermark a pipeline is damaged. The fire department estimates that at least 200,000 liters have leaked.
On a pipeline near the PCK refinery in Brandenburg, a large amount of oil has left after a disaster. On Wednesday evening, the Brandenburg Ministry of the Environment confirmed media reports about the incident near the village of Zehnebeck in the municipality of Gramzow in the Uckermark. As reported by the Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg (RBB) referring to the fire brigade, crude oil shot out of the line for about two and a half hours. At around 19.…
A meter-high fountain was fired from an oil pipeline in Brandenburg. The consequences for the environment are still unclear, the fire brigade is on site with a large array.
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