Oil spill in Kazakhstan
An oil spill was discovered in the Caspian Sea on 16 August. It was spotted on a Sentinel-1A satellite image.
The pollution stretched across 82 square kilometres along the shipping route from Port Kuryk to Baku and affected the waters of Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan, a high-traffic maritime route used for oil and cargo transport.
Oil spills threaten fragile marine ecosystems already under stress from shrinking water levels, methane emissions, and industrial pollution.
- Tipo de evento
- Vertidos de petróleo
- Ubicación del evento
- Kazakhstan
- Fecha de activación de la Carta
- 2025-08-17
- Hora de activación de la Carta
- 17:21
- Zona horaria de activación de la Carta
- UTC+05:00
- Solicitante de carta
- National Company “Kazakhstan Gharysh Sapary” (JSC)
- ID de activación
- 983
- Gestión de proyectos
- Syams Nashrrullah (Asian Institute of Technology (AIT))
- Valor agregado
- 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)