Finland: Neste Oil Fined for Oil Leak
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Thursday, 27 March 2008 |
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Finland's Supreme Court has fined Neste Oil Corporation EUR 500,000
for damage caused to the environment as a result of an oil leak in
2001.
The case concerns a spillage of approximately 300 cubic meters of oil
at the company's Naantali refinery in December 2001 while the oil was
being transferred. The majority of the oil was channeled into a
protective basin at the site, but around three cubic meters spilled
over the basin walls and soaked through the ground into the sea.
The Turku Court of Appeal and the Turunseutu District Court had
previously rejected the prosecution's call for a fine to be awarded
against the company.
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