As a result of the tanker accident in the Kerch Strait on December 15, 2.4 thousand tons of oil products spilled into the Black Sea, according to the Russian Morryatluzhba.

It is claimed that four tanks with fuel oil received damage during the storm, reports Crimea.Realities.

“A detailed examination showed that on both tankers they were destroyed by the ship's fault line. Otherwise, the hulls of tankers have no visible damage, fuel oil leakage has not been recorded,” the Ministry of Transport of Russia reports.

Also, according to the Russian agency, the accident in the waters of the Kerch Strait is the first incident in the world with “heavy” fuel oil brand M100.

“Such fuel oil solidifies at a temperature of +25℃, in density almost like water and heavier, and, unlike other oil products, does not float to the surface, but goes to the bottom or floats in the water column. There are no proven technologies in the world to remove it from the water column. Therefore, the main method is harvesting from the coastline, when fuel oil is thrown into the coastal zone,” the Russian authorities insist.