KIEV, Oct. 29 - Ukraine’s Odessa-Brody oil pipeline, which moves Russian crude for export via a Black Sea oil terminal near Odessa, was shut down late Wednesday after an accident causing oil leakage, UkrTransNafta, the state oil shipper, said Thursday.

The oil pipeline was apparently ripped through near the village of Semeno-Karpivka in the Odessa region, with an oil spill covering the area of about one hectare, a company official said.

The cause of the accident is being investigated, the official said.

Emergency crews of UkrTransNafta are currently working to fix the pipeline in order to resume oil shipments and normal operation of the pipeline may be resumed later today, the official said.