Arctic Oil Spill Investigated in Secret

June 5, 2012

A state watchdog wrapped up the investigation of an oil spill in the Russian Arctic, but named no names in what a WWF expert called a setback in an otherwise unusually efficient handling of the incident.
 
Experts of the Federal Service for Environmental, Technological and Atomic Inspection established the people responsible and the technical causes behind the spill which took place on April 20 at the Trebs oil field in Nenets autonomous district, the agency’s Pechorskoye branch said on its website on Tuesday.
 
The spill was due to incorrect and missing oilwell tubing details, the agency’s main website said on Monday. However, neither report named any names.

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