Oil spill from a ruptured pipeline in Southwestern Iran is contaminating large areas of coastal waters and farmland, local officials were quoted as saying by an official agency Monday, the latest incident in an oil industry suffering from years of underinvestment.
Oil spill from a ruptured pipeline in
Southwestern
Iran
is contaminating large areas of coastal waters and farmland, local
officials were quoted as saying by an official agency Monday, the latest
incident in an oil industry suffering from years of underinvestment.
The governor of the local city of Deylam told the Islamic Republic News Agency
that "crude oil spots [can be seen] on the sea in different parts of the
coast, in particular the waterways of the coastal resort town of Deylam waterways,
and the marine part of the harbor have been contaminated."
Another official said "the beach is suffering the kind of destruction that
will take years to return to its initial state."
The most important activity in Deylam is tourism that attract thousands
annually from around the country, he said.
Iran
's
ageing petroleum infrastructure has faced several high profile incident in
recent years. At least three people were killed and a dozen were injured when
the well caught fire in the city of
Naftshahr
in
May last year, following gas leakage at an oil well. It took 38 days to
extinguish the blaze.
A gas pipeline explosion near
Iran
's
northeastern city of
Mashhad
in
September also killed at least six people, with another 20 people hurt.
Iran
is
the second largest crude producer in the Organization of the Petroleum
Exporting Countries.
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