Czech Republic: oil contaminated with organochlorines detected

Azerbaijani oil exceeded the permissible levels of organochlorine compounds (OCC) and the oil was delivered to the Czech Republic via the Transalpine Pipeline (TAL). This pipeline supplies oil from the port of Trieste in northeastern Italy via Austria to Germany, and to the Czech Republic via the Ingolstadt-Kralupy-Litvínov (IKL) oil pipeline.

Organochlorine compounds (OCCs) in oil are organic molecules containing chlorine atoms bound to carbon atoms. They can be present in oil both as inorganic chloride salts and as various organic chlorides. OCCs can naturally be present in oil, as well as be artificially introduced during extraction and processing. However, it is generally admitted that the abnormal mani