Mingbulak Oil Spill ( Fergana Valley)

Mingbulak Oil Spill (Fergana Valley)

by Natalie, Shana, and Morenike

Step 5

What happened?

• Pressure control systems failed and pipe number five blew up.
• Oil caught fire and burnt for two months
• 35,000 to 150,000 barrels per day
• Oil stopped flowing by itself
• total loss: 2,000,000 barrels

Aftermath

Background Information

• Emergency flood banks were built to keep the oil from spreading over the area.
• Some of the oil was absorbed into the ground and the rest burned for about 2 months.
• Did not stop burning until the oil stopped flowing by itself.
• Only real issue: Loss of jobs of people who worked at the oil field

• Started on March 2, 1992
• Fergana Valley, Uzbekistan
• Worst oil spill in the history of Asia
• They had been producing oil since 1908.

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