The Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria (SPDC) says it has so far reported 51 leaks from its oil production activities in the Niger Delta in the current year.
This is
according to data obtained from the oil firm’s spills incident PORTAL. on Tuesday.
According to
SPDC management, 44 of such spill incidents were traced to sabotage by vandals
while seven of the reported leaks were caused by operational factors.
In the last
month, May, eight spills which discharged 253.07 barrels of SPDC’s bonny light
crude blend into environment.
Of the eight
spills recorded, six were caused by sabotage whereas two were from operational factors.
The data
showed that operational spills accounted for 6.07 barrels of the 253.07 while sabotage
accounted for 247 barrels.
In the
previous year, 2020, a total of 159 spills were reported with sabotage being
responsible for 140 of the spills while operational factors were responsible
for 19 of the incidents.
Although
more spills, totalling 190 were reported in 2019 a similar pattern was observed
sabotage was responsible for 183 while operational causes were responsible for
seven spill incidents.
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