Oil spill in Lithuania ‘dissipates’ in the Baltic Sea
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The Baltic Sea near the Būtingė terminal. / N. Jankauskas/LRT
After some two tons of crude had been released into the Baltic Sea on Monday, the oil spill has now disappeared, according to the Lithuanian Navy s Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre. The search area was extended to cover the maximum possible drift distance, [but] no [oil] slick was detected, Eugenijus Valikovas, the center s head, told BNS.
The pollution “was split up into smaller pieces because of the weather conditions, wind and waves, and the cold air and water temperatures [thickened] it into clumps , said Valikovas, adding that the slick dissipates, that is, it sinks .