Shell Confirms Fresh Oil Spill Incident In Rivers

A fresh oil spill has occurred  in Ebubu, Eleme LGA of Rivers state.

Shell Petroleum Development Company SPDC, the Nigerian subsidiary of oil multinational Shell Plc, has confirmed the incident.

Micheal Adande, a spokesperson for SPDC, in a statement on Saturday, said a government-led joint investigation team is working to identify the cause and impact of the incident.

“The Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited (SPDC) confirms an incident within our right of way on the Ebubu and Oghale Manifold 12 pipeline in Rivers State,” the statement reads.

“A government-led joint investigation team is working to identify the cause and impact of the incident.”

Fineface Dumnamene, executive director, Youths and Environmental Advocacy Centre (YEAC), in a statement  called on industry stakeholders to investigate the incident.

He said the spill has been ongoing for the past three days and that the spill point was yet to be clamped.