Posted on 06/04/2020 4:26:24 PM PDT by DUMBGRUNT
President Vladimir Putin has declared a state of emergency in a region within the Arctic Circle in far northern Russia.
The move comes after 20,000 tons of oil leaked into a river from a power plant.
The plant is operated by a subsidiary of Norilsk Nickel, a leading palladium and nickel producer.
Discussing how news of the spill emerged in the televised meeting, Putin was reportedly shocked to discover that local authorities had only learned of the incident from social media two days after it happened, and he admonished the region’s governor Alexander Uss, Reuters reported.
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This is a bit more than half that, assuming the Russians are correctly reporting the size of the discharge, which if you believe that I've got a bridge to sell you.
The MSM screamed bloody murder about the Exxon Valdez for years.
Notice how when it’s one of the MSM’s little friends, the measurement unit is Tonnes, not barrels or gallons.
Makes for a MUCH smaller number that way
SHEESH
This was diesel the Exxon Valdez was carrying crude.
Not good but the diesel being lighter may have a higher volatile content? A good wind may remove a quarter of it???
Guessing, do not know.
So how many Russians will they be needing up there for cleanup efforts (if this is not being exploited for some other reason)?
Hey Greta!
Sure. Why not. It’s 2020.
All we need now is a new radioactive monster from Chernobyl.
You've got to be kidding me. Send them to Siberia! Oh wait, never mind.
Let’s see, only learned about it from social media after a reported two days? Yeah, I suspect it is quite a bit bigger than 20,000 tons unless that is the size of all the storage tanks and they reported that correctly.
I believe it will bio-degrade much faster than crude oil.
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Probably did it on purpose, to give anti-pipeline American progressives fodder. I don’t know -— do evil communist presidents like Putin care about the effects of oil spills?
I would air drop in all the crap in the streets I e been seeing on tv for a week. Once there light it up.
My thought also.
Say, like they did in the Komi Republic back in '95
Which spill was tragic and preventable, but the MSM does more damage by spilling sophistry and propaganda, and I doubt that any of them provided any reports such as,
naturally occurring oil seeps from the seafloor are the largest source of oil entering the world ocean? (https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/oilseep.html)
[2000] Twice an Exxon Valdez spill worth of oil seeps into the Gulf of Mexico every year, according to a new study...Oil that finds its way to the surface from natural seeps gets broken down by bacteria and ends up as carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas...."On water, oil has this wonderful property of spreading out really thin," said Mitchell. "A gallon of oil can spread over a square mile very quickly." So what ends up on the surface is an incredibly thin slick, impossible to see with the human eye and harmless to marine animals. (https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2000/01/000127082228.htm)
[2003] Recent global estimates of crude-oil seepage rates suggest that about 47% of crude oil currently entering the marine environment is from natural seeps, whereas 53% results from leaks and spills during the extraction, transportation, refining, storage, and utilization of petroleum. The amount of natural crude-oil seepage is currently estimated to be 600,000metric tons per year, with a range of uncertainty of 200,000 to 2,000,000metric tons per year. Thus, natural oil seeps may be the single most important source of oil that enters the ocean, exceeding each of the various sources of crude oil that enters the ocean through its exploitation by humankind. (Kvenvolden, Keith & Cooper, Cortis. (2003). Natural seepage of crude oil into the marine environment. Geo-Marine Letters. 23. 140-146. 10.1007/s00367-003-0135-0. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/225679680_Natural_seepage_of_crude_oil_into_the_marine_environment/citation/download)
[2009] "Natural Petroleum Seeps Release Equivalent Of Up To 80 Exxon Valdez Oil Spills." According to new research by scientists from UC Santa Barbara and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI), that's how much oil has made its way into sediments offshore from petroleum seeps near Coal Oil Point in the Santa Barbara Channel... "One of the natural questions is: What happens to all of this oil?" Valentine said. "So much oil seeps up and floats on the sea surface. It's something we've long wondered. We know some of it will come ashore as tar balls, but it doesn't stick around. And then there are the massive slicks. You can see them, sometimes extending 20 miles from the seeps. But what is really the ultimate fate?"
Based on their previous research, Valentine and Reddy surmised that the oil was sinking "because this oil is heavy to begin with," Valentine said. "It's a good bet that it ends up in the sediments because it's not ending up on land. It's not dissolving in ocean water, so it's almost certain that it is ending up in the sediments." (https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090513130944.htm)
20000 tons x 7 barrels per ton = 140,000 barrels.
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