Peruvian prosecutors opened an investigation on Tuesday into a unit of Spanish energy firm Repsol after an oil spill at a local refinery blamed on unusually large waves from the weekend volcano eruption and tsunami in Tonga 10,000 kilometers (6,213 miles) away.
A dead bird lies on a beach during a clean-up, following an oil spill caused by abnormal waves, triggered by a massive underwater volcanic eruption half a world away, in Tonga, in Ventanilla, Peru, January 18, 2022. REUTERS/Pilar OlivaresLIMA, Jan 18 - Peruvian prosecutors opened an investigation on Tuesday into a unit of Spanish energy firm Repsol
The South American country's environmental minister gave the La Pampilla refinery two days to identify the critical points of the spill and to collect within 10 days the oil that affected kilometers of coastline. Fines could reach up to $33 million if responsibility for environmental damage were proven, Ramirez said.
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