World loss log 20 January - 2 February 2009

Property and business interruption

26.1, fuel spill

Russia: a fuel oil spill off Russia’s far eastern island of Sakhalin killed hundreds of birds in a wildlife area of international importance. The spill in Aniva Bay on the south of Sakhalin took place 6km from a major liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant being built by an international consortium exploiting its Sakhalin-2 reserves. The spill was thought to be linked to the arrival of an oil tanker at the LNG plant based on where the wind had blown the oil. However, Sakhalin Energy, the operator of the project, denied this.