(Lukoil) -- In connection with the fire
outbreak which took place at the Stavrolen petrochemical complex, a wholly-owned
OAO LUKOIL subsidiary, at 2:15 pm local time on December 15, 2011 the Press
Service of the Company announces that the fire outbreak was contained within two
hours.
At present, in line with the EMERCOM recommendation, the residual product
leaking from the production equipment of workshop No. 2 (pyrolysis gas
separation and benzene production) of the ethylene production unit is being
burned off. The Press Service would like to emphasize that Budennovsk residents
need not worry about their health.
The fire outbreak did not cause the exceedence of the maximum permissible
concentrations (MPC) of harmful substances. This fact is confirmed by the data
provided by the stationary atmospheric air control station located at a
400-meter distance from the border of the sanitary protection zone of the
petrochemical complex in the immediate vicinity of the residential area. The
atmospheric air monitoring is conducted based on 13 criteria.
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