Belarus state oil company Belneftekhim informed European oil companies on April 19 that crude oil coming from Russia had been heavily contaminated with organic chlorine. The Belarusian side said it would seek compensation from Russia for the damage caused to the pipelines and refineries by the polluted oil.
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A discharge valve of oil pipeline Druzhba is seen behind a fence at a village of Romanovka in Mozyr's region of Belarus, Jan. 10, 2007.
