A massive oil spill has occurred from a pipeline belonging to
the Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) in the Kolo Creek oil field
operation in Bayelsa.
SPDC spokesman, Joseph Obari, on Wednesday stated that Shell
would react to the development in due course.
“We do not know exactly when the oil leak started but this
morning we saw crude leaking from the pipeline into the road and when we got
there soldiers had already cordoned off the whole area,” Thisday quoted a
source to have said.
“They do not allow us to get near to find out the possible
cause of the leak on the pipeline, we woke up this early morning to see this in
our community.
“I believe that the soldiers must have reported the incident
so that they can shut down the pipeline crude feed to forestall further damage
to the environment, but oil is still gushing out of the line,” Okpu said.
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