Iran legal threat over Caspian 'oily waste'

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By Steve Marshall and news reports

 29 January 2013 14:26 GMT

BP could face legal action from Iran over alleged oil discharges from Azeri fields operated by the UK supermajor in the Caspian Sea, according to a report.

Deputy head of the country’s Department of Environment, Abdolreza Karbasi, accused BP of dumping oil waste into the Caspian Sea in a report by Iranian news agency Mehr on Tuesday and said Iran might take the company to court if such action persisted.

“Last year, the southern coasts of the Caspian Sea were covered with oily patches, and in the last such case four months ago, 25 tonnes of patches were cleared from Iranian coasts,” he was quoted as saying.

He claimed that a rise in the volume of oily materials in the…

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