The Mingbulak oil spill also known as the Fergana Valley oil spill was the worst terrestrial oil spill in the history of

Asia Asia (, ) is one of the world's most notable geographical regions, which is either considered a continent in its own right or a subcontinent of Eurasia, which shares the continental landmass of Afro-Eurasia with Africa. Asia covers an are ...

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

Fergana Valley The Fergana Valley (; ; ) in Central Asia lies mainly in eastern Uzbekistan, but also extends into southern Kyrgyzstan and northern Tajikistan. Divided into three republics of the former Soviet Union, the valley is ethnically diverse and in the ...

Uzbekistan Uzbekistan (, ; uz, Ozbekiston, italic=yes / , ; russian: Узбекистан), officially the Republic of Uzbekistan ( uz, Ozbekiston Respublikasi, italic=yes / ; russian: Республика Узбекистан), is a doubly landlocked co ...

well A well is an excavation or structure created in the ground by digging, driving, or drilling to access liquid resources, usually water. The oldest and most common kind of well is a water well, to access groundwater in underground aquifers. The ...

#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.

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* * *''Uzbek oil well collapses, fire extinguishes itself. '
The Moscow Times
May 13, 1992... Oil spills in Asia 1992 industrial disasters Man-made disasters in Uzbekistan 1992 in Uzbekistan 1992 disasters in Uzbekistan 1992 in the environment March 1992 events in Asia {{Environmental-disaster-stub

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