Nembe month-old oil spill finally stopped -- Minister

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Nembe month-old oil spill finally stopped — Minister

Aiteo, operator of oil mining lease 29, on Wednesday, announced it has succeeded in putting out the leak on its Santa Barbara wellhead in Nembe, Bayelsa State.“We have put out the leak at SBAS-1. We are grateful for all the support,” Mr Sylva said in a statement, according to Reuters.

The company had on November 5, reported to the Nigerian government a hydrocarbon wellhead leak on the facility. , who visited the site on Wednesday, claimed that about two million barrels of Bonny Light crude stream had polluted the Santa Barbra River and Nembe Creeks while describing it as the worst he had seen in his lifetime.

Aiteo, in a statement on Wednesday, said that it has finally put out the leak and successfully installed control packages.

 

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