The Logistical Nightmare of Cleaning Up Russia’s Tainted Oil
- Nations work to remove tainted flow from Europe’s largest pipe
- About 30 million barrels of Russian oil seen contaminated
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How do you get millions of barrels of dirty Russian oil out of the pipelines? Eastern European nations are working on an unprecedented logistical operation to do just that.
Russian crude flows to Europe are said to have been suffering from high levels of organic chloride since at least April 21. About 30 million barrels -- enough to fill 15 supertankers -- could have been contaminated, according to Energy Aspects analyst Christopher Haines.