Servicemen of the TNK-BP Orenburg are on guard 24 hours a day patrolling the oil pipe-line
Carl Mortished, World Business Editor
March 22, 2008
A vast oilfield operated by a BP affiliate in Siberia will be investigated by Russia’s state environmental agency, adding further pressure to TNK-BP, which was raided this week by the Russian state security service.
The environmental inquiry into the Samotlor field will be led by Oleg Mitvol, head of RosPrirodNadzor, the environmental agency.
Although the investigation was described as routine Mr Mitvol led the inquiry into Shell’s gas development on Sakhalin Island in Eastern Siberia.