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The repair operations on a section of the Baku-Novorossiysk northern route oil export pipeline that started in the Russian republic of Daghestan following an accident early on Sunday were completed on the following day.
The Daghestan police have come up with three theories on the developments. Investigators presume that the accident could have resulted from a crack on the welded section of the pipe. Another supposition is that thieves could have pinched the pipeline in an attempt to siphon oil. A subversion is not ruled out either.
The 100 tons of crude that were spilled due to the accident were prevented from flowing into the Caspian Sea.
The Russian Emergencies Ministry's Daghestan department said the consequences of the spill had been fully eliminated by cleaning up 80 tons of oil that flew into the Rubas river.