The proposed crude oil terminal of the Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited at Kantiagada, in Ganjam district, has evoked protests from the Wildlife Society of Orissa in view of its proximity to the mass nesting site of the endangered Olive Ridley sea turtles. In response to a notice issued by the Orissa Pollution Control Board, the WSO has pointed out that the EIA report conducted by the Goa-based National Institute of Oceanography has ignored the fact that the proposed project site falls within the breeding and nesting zone of Olive Ridleys on the mouth of the Rushikulya river.