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Up to 60 tons of oil flowed in Norway due to a possible sabotage

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~ > in Norway in the municipality in the municipality Berum at the old Hamang transformer station on March 16, traces of hacking were discovered. The damage to the transformer was recorded, which led to a leak of tens of tons of oil.

< p > this was reported by Statnett.

< p > transformer and the old Hamang transformer station itself is no longer operated after the start of the new station last fall.

~ 60 > “It seems that someone cut the fence, and then unscrewed the transformer cover, because of which the oil leak has begun. Now this is the case of the police,” said the project manager Thomas Fennifoss. ~ 60 > 60 > Fire Service informed Statnett about the possible leakage of oil on March 16 after lunch. The company immediately went to the place to check the situation. It was quickly established that the leak does not come from the new transformer station.

< p >The search for a source of pollution continued, and it turned out that oil was oozing from a transformer located at the old Hamang station due to the unscrewed cover. The leak was quickly stopped, tightly twisting the lid.

< p > “now the main thing is to collect as much oil as possible,” Fennifoss emphasized.

< p > probably about 50-60 tons of oil flowed. It was possible to collect a significant part in the tanks and wells on the spot, but the part fell into the soil and was attributed to the Sandwixelva River. The fire service launched the oil -excavated boon barriers in Sandvixelva, and Statnett and the municipality of Berum decomposed absorbent materials for oil absorption. During the night, several special machines pumped out the maximum amount of oil. The soil checks for the presence of oil and its speedy collection. “until we know how much oil got into the environment. However, we managed to pump out a significant amount, and we hope that the scale of pollution is limited. As of 01:30 on Monday, more than 60 m³ of oil and water were collected,” said Fennephoss. < p > 62 > < p > in place there are sediment pumping machines and an excavator for subsequent cleaning. Additional oil -excavating fences were also installed both at the leakage site and downstream of sandwixels.

< p > specified transformer is planned to be transported and used at SOGN.

< p > By the way, on the eve of Poland Prime Minister Donald Tusk said that Russian special services are behind the arson of shopping centers in Vilnius and Warsaw. < u >< strong > read also: < h4 > similar topics:

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