Brazil prosecutors probe Transpetro oil spill
Public prosecutors in Brazil have launched an investigation into an oil spill from a vessel belonging to the transport unit of state-run energy company Petrobras.
About 2,500 liters of crude spilled into the Atlantic Ocean near Tramandaí, 7km off the coast of Rio Grande do Sul state, the official Agência Brasil news service reported.
The incident occurred when Petrobras subsidiary Transpetro attempted to unload an oil cargo into an offshore pipeline during a heavy storm, the report said.
"Quite a lot of oil has spilled. We have to see what the consequences of this will be," prosecutor Fernando Andrade Alves was quoted as telling local media.
"Our objective today was to look at the scope of the spill. We suspect that the volume stated [by Transpetro] isn't correct. But we have to wait for the results of the investigation."
Transpetro said the company's own emergency crews were working to contain the spill and that it was also probing the cause of the incident.
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