---- Blick auf eine Tankstelle von PetroChina, eine Tochtergesellschaft der CNPC (China National Petroleum Corporation), in der Stadt Huaibei, der ostchinesischen Provinz Anhui
--FILE--View of a gas station of PetroChina, a subsidiary of CNPC (China National Petroleum Corporation), in Huaibei city, east China's Anhui province, 28 June 2014. China's top oil producer PetroChina has agreed to compensate for sea water contamination in a pretrial settlement reached with an environment NGO in the northeastern city of Dalian. Yang Baixin, chairman of the Dalian Association of Volunteers, said on Thursday that the association has accepted PetroChina's proposal to pay 200 million yuan (US$32 million) for the pollution treatment and sea environment protection. A large area of water in the city was contaminated after a spill from a PetroChina oil pipeline caused a huge fire at the exit of an urban sewage pipeline on July 1, 2014. Residents nearby were evacuated and no casualties were reported. The NGO lodged a lawsuit against the oil producer over the crude oil contamination to the Dalian Maritime Court on June 6 this year, demanding compensation up to 645 million yuan (US$103.9 million).
