Kazakh Pollution Detected

Kazakhstan's Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources sent a letter to the Kazakh government to express concerns over pollution of the Kazakh section of the Caspian Sea with oil.

The ministry stated that the letter sent from the Kazakh Ministry of Environmental Protection reads that oil spots were observed around some wells on a suspended onshore oil field while conducting researches in the Caspian Sea last December.

The letter also reads that a special commission has been set up to stave off the oil pollution and review the polluted area.