The Mingbulak oil spill, also known as the Fergana Valley oil spill, was the worst terrestrial

oil spill An oil spill is the release of a liquid petroleum hydrocarbon into the environment, especially the marine ecosystem, due to human activity, and is a form of pollution. The term is usually given to marine oil spills, where oil is released into th ...

in the history of

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. The oil spill was caused by a blowout on March 2, 1992 at the Mingbulak oil field in the Fergana Valley,

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at well #5. The crude oil released from the well burned for two months. The blowout resulted in the release of to per day. In total, were collected behind emergency dykes. The oil stopped flowing by itself. A total of 285,000 tons of oil were released, and it was the fifth largest oil spill in history. The spill is considered the largest inland spill in history. It cost over $55 million to clean the oil.

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* *''Uzbek oil well collapses, fire extinguishes itself. '
The Moscow Times
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