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At a distance of 3 km from the coast: oil leaked from an EPA pipeline in front of Ashkelon
According to the Ministry of Environmental Protection, a leak in the amount of several square meters was discovered at the site, due to a malfunction in the emergency disconnection accessory in the EPA pipeline.
The company's teams performed sealing and dispersed a substance to dissolve the oil in the sea, and the circumstances of the case will be investigated.
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Friday, 30 October 2020, 11:36
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Photography: Amir Aloni, Editing: Shaul Adam
The Ministry of Environmental Protection announced today (Friday) that a crude oil leak occurred from a pipeline of the European Asia Pipeline Company (EPA) at sea in Ashkelon, three kilometers from the coast. The oil leak in the Evrona River in 2014.
The Ministry of Health instructed the desalination facility in Ashkelon to disable the facility as a precautionary measure, and it will resume operations in accordance with developments in the field.
According to the announcement, the Ministry of Environmental Protection received a warning early in the morning about a fault in the EPA's maritime connection in the city and suspected oil pollution. The ministry's staff, led by the director of the National Marine Environmental Protection Unit, Rani Amir, arrived at the scene. How many square meters.
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Oil spill off the coast of Ashkelon, today (Photo: Ministry of Environmental Protection)
Apparently, the leak occurred due to a malfunction in the emergency disconnect fitting in the pipe.
The EPA team sealed the pipe and began treating the effluent by spraying a substance intended to disperse and disintegrate the oil in the sea. The Ministry of Environmental Protection said it would investigate the circumstances of the case, and make sure the EPA takes all measures to prevent similar cases.
Clear CEO Maya Yaakovs said that "if the amount of oil that leaked today in Ashkelon had been spilled in the Gulf of Eilat - it would have been possible to say goodbye to the corals of the Red Sea." A country for an oil pipeline, while unprepared to deal with events spilling into the sea and blatantly ignoring the fact that times have changed.
It is forbidden to approve the EPA's plan that will create a lot of tanker traffic in oil in Eilat and Ashkelon. "
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