“On December 13, Sentinel-1A satellite filmed the areas where the accident occurred. According to footage, around of the Guneshli field is being polluted by oil and the pollution is extending towards the north. As of December 13, the polluted area makes 300 km²”, ScanEx company reported.
The polluted area is dark on the footage. White points around the platform are vessels and production platforms. According to footage of Sentinel-1A satellite as of December 7, the polluted area made 200 km². As can be seen, the polluted area is extending.
Head of SOCAR PR Department Nizamaddin Guliyev told APA-Economics that this information is not true. According to him, a Working Group consisting of specialists of Ministries of Emergency Situations and Ecology and Natural Resources, SOCAR and BP was created on December 4 in order to prevent possible oil spills and other ecological after-effects. Within the Action Plan prepared by the Working Group, 6 vessels have been involved in the site. 4 of them have already installed the booms on the surface of the water to prevent the oil spills.
He noted that these booms prevent oil spills, the oil accumulated in them are pumped in the vessels and delivered to the special points for utilization. So, possible ecological aftermaths are prevented.
Guliyev added that the burning oil well has been extinguished and threat of oil spills has been eliminated.
Head of Corporate Communication Department at Azercosmos OJSC Aysel Soltanova told APA-Economics that Azercosmos’s view in this regard coincides with the SOCAR’s views: “We have given optic, radar images and other necessary information to the SOCAR. This information was publicized on December 13. Our views also coincide with the SOCAR’s views. Oiur specialists are working in cooperation with SOCAR specialists”.
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