Russia’s Ust-Luga port loads oil with 2.9 ppm of chloride – ministry

Organic chloride content in oil loaded from the Baltic Sea port of Ust-Luga had risen slightly to 2.9 parts per million (ppm) by Aug. 5, within a permitted norm, from 2.8 ppm a week earlier, the Russian energy ministry said on Monday.

Organic chloride levels are being scrutinised following a major oil contamination which was discovered in late April. Levels are expected to range this week from 3.1 to 3.4 ppm, the ministry said, after 1.5-3.4 ppm last week.
Source: Reuters (Reporting by Olesya Astakhova; writing by Maria Kiselyova; editing by Polina Devitt)