Lok Sabha Question No. 3230 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-12-17
Subject: Oil Spillage
Ministry: PORTS, SHIPPING AND WATERWAYS
Asked by: Parvesh Sahib Singh

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF PORTS, SHIPPING AND WATI:RWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3230

ANSWERED ON 1711212021

## OIL SPILLAGE

## 3230. SHRI PARVESH SAHIB SINGH VERMA,

Will the Minister of PORTS, SHIPPING AND WATERWAYS  be pleased to state Tn-{, fi-dqfu+6{  3rt{qqqr.f  {*

- (a) the details of the instances  of oil spillage  in the Bay of Bengal and the Arabian Sea during the last three  Years;
- (b) whether  any study has been conducted after the accident to analyse the impact of oil spilling on aquatic  life in the region  and if so' the details thereof;
- (c) the details of the current  method of mitigating the oil spillage and cleaning  up the water in the surrounding  area; and
- (d) whether the Government is exploring  an alternative and newer technologies  to clean up the seawater after an oil spill and if so, the details  thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF PORTS, SHIPPING  AND WATERWAYS (SHRI SARBANANDA SONOWAL)

- The details of the instances of oil spillage are annexed' (a)
- No (b)
- (c) & (d) whenever there is an oil spill at sea, measures are instituted  for  protection, preservation,  prevention and control  of marine  eco-system  or collect  and- recover  the spilled oil before  it spreads over a wider area. ln the eventuality  of a spillage,  spray of oil spill Dispersant(osD) is undertaken  based  on Net Environmental  Benefit  Analysis (NEBA),anotherpreferredmethodistoContainthespilledoilbyusingboomsor barrier. Physical  recovery involves use of skimmers  for recovering  spilled oil from the water surface  in the open seas as well as in coastal waters, after they are contained using  boom barriers.

## Annexure

| S.N.   | Details of the instances oioil spif lige                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 | Place         |
|--------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------|
| 1      | MT Jipro Neftis MT Jipro Neftis accidenfly spiiled fuer oir during bunker transfer at Mumbai outer anchorage'which resurted ln o1 sprtt or 4q_0_qtfqqbu nke r o,tl 9n:|0* {e!!qy. l B                                                                                                                                                               | Arabian Sea   |
| a a    | Zo Kamarajar port Ltd,_Enryr" reported accidental spillage of two tons Furnace Fuer oir (FFo) fiom MT corar Stars. The tanker yas discharging FFo, when the fuer rine bursted reading to oilspill in port on lBth January, 2018. rcc pR speciarist team ex- chennai closery monitored the situation ino piovioeo technical advice to Kamarajar port Ltd. | Bay of Bengal |
| 3      | utr ?-!r;^r tlr l \qtrtvPl A minor oil spiJl was reported at SpM Vizag on 1 .1rh August, 2019. MT Kailiopi was discharging crude oii to spttrt encountered strong gusting winds and the-hose was snapped which resulted into spiilage of 40-50 KL of crude oir at sea.                                                                                   | Bay of Bengal |
| 4      | A minor oir reakage was reported at spM Vizag whire discharging crude oil from tanker MT Desh shobha 5n o+fr october, 2021. This resurted into a spiilage of 04-05 KL of crude oil into sea                                                                                                                                                              | Bay of Bengal |