Main pipeline was damaged by excavator bucket during repair works 33 km from capital.
20 tons of oil ran out to the ground. 28 experts of Russian Emergency Ministry and 19 units of special equipment are involved in breakdown elimination. In their opinion, the environment is damaged insufficiently.
Main oil pipeline Ryazan-Moscow is 500 mm in diameter and has been reconstructed for several times. At present moment Moscow oil petroleum refinery is supplied from another pipeline - a Yaroslavl one.
There are 2 channels of oil supply to Moscow - Ryazan-Moscow and Yaroslavl-Moscow - with total carrying capacity being over 16 millions tons per year.
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