Nembe Oil Spill: Buhari Expresses Concern, Sends Sylva to Community

•Upstream commission outlines strategy for clean upDeji Elumoye, Michael Olugbode and Emmanuel Addeh in Abuja

Also, yesterday, the federal government gave an indication that there might be no immediate halt to the upswing in prices of cooking gas across the country as the government declared that it has no control whatsoever over the rising cost of the product, saying gas prices are determined in the international market.

“Mr. President is very personally interested and we have discussed it and he said we should go there and come back and report to him because environmental degradation issues are things that we are not going to condone. Of course we’ll work with the operators of OML 29 to ensure that this spillage is brought under control as quickly as possible.

It revealed that upon receipt of the report of the incident, a Joint Investigation Team comprising the National Oil Spill Detection and Response Agency , Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regualtory Commission , Bayelsa State Ministry of Environment, Community representatives and Aiteo Eastern Exploration and Production Company was set up on November 6, 2021, to immediately address the situation.

But as part of efforts to safeguard the environment and livelihood, staff from the NOSDRA’s Yenagoa Field Office were deployed to the site to monitor and give progress report on the measures being taken to address the issue. There was further directives to AEEPCo to engage all relevant stakeholders in the spilled oil recovery process.

Logistics support and arrangement build-up for the Well kill activity is currently ongoing, and based on JIT reports, a well control company was at the incident location for an on-site assessment. Chief Executive Officer of the NUPRC, Mr. Gbenga Komolafe, in a statement in Abuja, listed the action plans as a directive to Aiteo to activate emergency Environmental Management Plan .

He assured that the commission would ensure that all necessary steps are taken in line with global best practices, which will be deployed in the management of the situation. “Thus, after 15-20 days of continuous flow, the spill has already released a minimum of 150,000 barrels – 200,000 barrels of toxic hydrocarbons into the sensitive mangrove ecosystem in Nembe LGA, and possibly twice that much.

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