Nigeria needs $12 billion to clean up decades-old oil spills in southern Bayelsa state over a 12-year period, a new report said on Tuesday, and singled out Shell and Eni for being responsible for most of the pollution.
Bayelsa is one of the major oil producing states in the Niger Delta, a region blighted by pollution, conflict and corruption related to the oil and gas industry.
The investigation discovered, among other findings, that toxic pollutants from spills and gas flaring were many times higher than the safe limits in samples of soil, water, air and in the blood of local residents, the commission said. An Eni spokesperson said the oil spills were due to theft to feed illegal refineries as well as illegal exports and sabotage but the company undertook to remedy all spills.
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