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On December 25, Thanh Le Trading - Import-Export Corporation coordinated with Environmental SOS Center to organize an oil spill drill at Binh Thang petroleum port warehouse (Di An city).

Hypothetical situation: during the process of pumping petroleum from the port to the warehouse, the operator detects a pressure drop and immediately checks the pipeline to find a leak. Immediately, the operator turned off the pump, cut off the power and locked the valve. After discovering a leak in the oil pipeline system from the import port to the warehouse, the staff alerted the port warehouse dispatching department to ask the ship to stop pumping. In the hypothetical incident, it was estimated that about 4m3 of DO oil was spilled.

Immediately after receiving information and assessing the situation, the operations staff immediately raised the alarm and took initial emergency response steps, turned off the power and stopped all activities of the port warehouse; implemented on-site fire safety measures according to regulations, activated the fire extinguishing system ready to prevent fires. The oil spill response team also quickly made plans and responsed according to the approved plan...

Reported by Minh Duy - Translated by Ngoc Huynh