An oil spill occurred at a Shell loading terminal within the Niger Delta area final weekend, marking the second spill of crude oil on the firm’s facility this yr.
In line with an announcement by the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Security Company (NIMASA), the spill occurred on Saturday on the Bonny terminal.
The company mentioned the spill has reached shoreline and that it was actively monitoring the state of affairs.
NIMASA added that it was working with Shell Petroleum Growth Firm (SPDC) and different stakeholders to evaluate the extent of the spill and make sure that residents of neighbouring communities are secure.
In line with Reuters, the SPDC has shut down the affected pipeline and deployed containment booms to forestall casualties.
That is the second reported spill from a shell facility this yr, as a pipeline leak led to a spill in January.
The final spill in January reportedly occurred on the Obolo-Ogale pipeline in southern Rivers State which feeds a 180,000 barrel-per-day Trans Niger line, considered one of two conduits to export Bonny Gentle crude. The identical facility had been shutdown in December 2023 for upkeep.
Shell has confronted criticisms and authorized battles over recurrent oil spills which have precipitated land and water pollutions within the Niger Deta area.
Recall {that a} Excessive courtroom ruling in November 2020 ordered Shell to pay 800 billion naira ($878 million) to communities of Egbalor Ebubu in Rivers state, over oil spills from the corporate’s facility that polluted waterways and farms.
After a collection of denials and appeals, the Supreme Courtroom of Nigeria discovered SDCN answerable for the spills and ordered the corporate to pay N30,288,681 as compensation to 4 communities in Delta State.
What it’s best to know
That is the second spill from a Shell facility within the Niger Delta area this yr.
- Oil spills which have precipitated huge environmental degradation have been a significant component that contributed to arm struggles within the Niger Delta areas within the Nineteen Nineties by early 2000s.
- The struggles declined following an amnesty programme facilitated by the administration of Late President Musa Yaradua in 2009.
- In line with NIMASA, the most recent spill of crude oil occurred on Saturday on the Bonny terminal of SPDC in Rivers State.
The affect of the spill isn’t recognized but as each NIMASA and the Nigerian Oil Spill Detection and Response Company (NOSDRA) are but to present particulars of the spill.
SPDC has reportedly shut down the affected pipeline.
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