Oil spill in Kazakhstan
An oil spill has been discovered in the Capsian Sea on 16 August. It was spotted on a Sentinel-1A satellite image.
The pollution stretched 82 square kilometres along the shipping route from Port Kuryk to Baku, affected waters of Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan, a high-traffic maritime route used for oil and cargo transport.
Oil spills threatens fragile marine ecosystems already under stress from shrinking water levels, methane emissions, and industrial pollution.
- Type of event
- Oil Spill
- Location of event
- Kazakhstan
- Date of Charter Activation
- 2025-08-17
- Time of Charter Activation
- 17:21
- Time zone of Charter Activation
- UTC+05:00
- Charter Requestor
- National Company “Kazakhstan Gharysh Sapary” (JSC)
- Activation ID
- 983
- Project Management
- Syams Nashrrullah (Asian Institute of Technology (AIT))
- Value Adding
- ESA PLES,
- Konstantin Homenkov (Geoinformation Systems),
- Thanaphol Boodchuang (Asian Institute of Technology (AIT)),
- Altair Tleubergenov (Joint-Stock Company « National company «Kazakhstan Gharysh Sapary»),
- Gulnara Bissenalina (Space Systems Department JSC «NC «Kazakhstan Gharysh Sapary»),
- Meteorological Service of Canada,
- SIPPS ISTOP (Environment and Climate Change Canada / Governement of Canada)