Kazakh MP: Risk of industrial accidents increases in Caspian shelf
Kazakhstan's lawmaker Serik Ospanov appealed to the country's Prime Minister Serik Akhmetov over the increased risk of industrial accidents at the session of the lower house of parliament (Majilis) on Wednesday.
"Risk of industrial accidents, oil spills in the sea waters increases in connection with increased volume of production and transportation of hydrocarbon raw materials and beginning of exploration in the Caspian Sea," Ospanov said.
He said at present there is no organization providing services for prevention and extinguishing of fires, conducting search and rescue operations in the sea and in the facilities of coastal industrial infrastructure in the Kazakh sector of the Caspian Sea.
"Representatives of the Republic of Kazakhstan may not only deal with elimination of the problems, but also elementary go to sea to monitor and control these works due to the lack of special ships in case of any oil spill," the MP said.
According to Ospanov, as a result any information obtained from the subsoil users, obliged to engage in elimination of the spill, can not be objectively verified.
The investment project of creation of a specialized organization is being improved after consideration by the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade of Kazakhstan.
"Thus, President's instructions made in 2010 are still under consideration of the ministries and departments," he said.