New data show that there is no danger of pollution on the Bulgarian coast after the explosion at an oil refinery in Romania. The analysis was carried out on the basis of a computer simulation, which covers the period 2nd – 10th July 2021. For this time period there is no entry of objects moving on the sea surface in the Exclusive Economic Zone of Bulgaria.

The simulation was authored by the Center for Integrated Coastal Zone Management and Monitoring at the Nikola Yonkov Vaptsarov Higher Naval School.

According to images from the European satellite Sentinel-1A, no spills have been observed in the area of ​​the accident since the morning of July 3rd.

In order to monitor for possible air pollution, RIEW-Varna has positioned a Mobile Automatic Station for air quality control in the village of Durankulak. The initially measured concentrations by the station are significantly below ceiling values. The measurements from 3 p.m. of the automatic measuring stations for air quality control located in the cites of Varna and Devnya also showed that all registered values are significantly below the ceilings for average hourly norms to ensure human health protection.

MOEW continues to monitor the situation and will inform citizens about the developments.

Simulation by the “Center for Integrated Management and Monitoring of the Coastal Zone” at the Higher Naval School