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Russian oil tanker grounded in north Pacific
Clean the mess: Workers remove crude oil along the shoreline during a clean up operation after the tanker Nadezhda, left, hit a reef during a storm on Saturday near the port city of Nevelsk, about 90 kilometres (56 miles) south west of Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Sakhalin Island in Russia's Far East, Sunday, Nov
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Clean the mess: Workers remove crude oil along the shoreline during a clean up operation after the tanker Nadezhda, left, hit a reef during a storm on Saturday near the port city of Nevelsk, about 90 kilometres (56 miles) south west of Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Sakhalin Island in Russia's Far East, Sunday, Nov. 29, 2015. Russian emergency services say cleanup operations are underway after an oil tanker was grounded, damaging one of its fuel tanks. (AP Photo/Sergey Krasnoukhov) (56 miles) south west of Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Sakhalin Island in Russia's Far East, Sunday, Nov. 29, 2015. Russian emergency services say cleanup operations are underway after an oil tanker was grounded, damaging one of its fuel tanks. (AP Photo/Sergey Krasnoukhov)
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span class="inline inline-center">Clean the mess: Workers remove crude oil along the shoreline during a clean up operation after the tanker Nadezhda, left, hit a reef during a storm on Saturday near the port city of Nevelsk, about 90 kilometres (56 miles) south west of Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Sakhalin Island in Russia's Far East, Sunday, Nov. 29, 2015. Russian emergency services say cleanup operations are underway after an oil tanker was grounded, damaging one of its fuel tanks. (AP Photo/Sergey Krasnoukhov)
Russian emergency services say cleanup operations are underway after an oil tanker was grounded, damaging one of its fuel tanks.
The tanker Nadezhda hit a reef during a storm on Saturday near the port city of Nevelsk on Sakhalin Island in Russia's Far East. It was carrying 786 tons of fuel oil and diesel fuel.
The amount of oil spilled and the extent of any environmental damage was not immediately clear.
The emergency services said operations were taking place on Sunday to collect spilled oil and also contaminated soil from along the shore, while oil remaining on the vessel was being pumped onto other tankers.
Sakhalin Island, located in the north Pacific just north of Japan, is a major producer of oil and natural gas. (ags)
