New lab strengthens oil security in Murmansk
The opening of a new oil spill laboratory marks a new milestone in the environmental cooperation between StatoilHydro and Murmansk regional government, the Norwegian company says.
The opening of the lab was made in connection with last week’s visit to Murmansk by Foreign Ministers Sergey Lavrov and Jonas Gahr Støre.
The laboratory is part of a cooperation agreement between Murmansk and StatoilHydro. A new Memorandum of Understanding was signed by both parts on 10 January this year. The agreement was a follow-up of an agreement from 2005.
The laboratory’s task is to analyse the oil samples taken from all the crudes loaded for export in Murmansk, a press release from StatoilHydro reads.
-International experience from major oil spills shows that the spilt oil can be collected much more efficiently if its characteristic properties are known, explains president of StatoilHydro in Russia, Bengt Lie Hansen. -This is an important cross-boarder project, as the results of the analysis will be available to both Russian and Norwegian authorities, he adds
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