Thursday, June 3, 2010

Oil spills in the North Sea tripled

Published 3:06:10 pm. 11:59 11:59

Both Norwegian and German observationsfly have Thursday morning and morning overflown area in the North Sea, which happened Tuesday night was obseveret a major spill of oil from one of the many oil rigs in Danfeltet

The oil, however, spread over a considerably larger area since then, said Mon Thursday morning in the Environment Agency.

"We have been informed by the Norwegian authorities that one of its surveillance has detected a leak of more than 300 square kilometers in an area 200 km west of Esbjerg. It is so far from coastal areas to the North Sea, there is no danger whatsoever for that oil will reach the coastlines, "explains engineer Anna Cecilie Skovgaard Environmental Protection Agency.

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