Space Imagery Detected Presence of Petroleum Products15/08/2008 |
| As a result of processing the RADARSAT-1 radar image received by SCANEX RDC Moscow Center on 6 August 2008, the specialists discovered a threadlike tail of oil pollution around 21 km long and 3,66 square km wide. |
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The image clearly detects the other two slicks of pollution with the total area of around 2.1 sq. km., which presumably formed due to oil leak from the Volgoneft-139 tanker but separated from the primary tail about 1-2 days ago.
Insignificant film contamination possibly caused by petroleum products is also noticeable along the Taman Peninsula coast. Hydrometeorological conditions as of the time of imagery on August 6 including west wind with velocity of 3-5 m/s contributed to detection of the pollution.
ScanEx Center will continue regular monitoring of the Black and Caspian seas area condition accompanied with real-time reception and processing of RADARSAT-1 and ENVISAT-1 data.
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The front end of the slick starts of directly from the point of likely whereabouts of the forward section of the sunken Volgoneft-139 tanker with respect to coordinates of N45'12.75" and E36' 31.89". Due to daily wind and current direction changes the tail has a complex curved shape and drifts towards the Taman Peninsula.
