Tuesday, December 27, 2011

FG Targets Six Weeks for Bonga Spill Clean-Up


This Day
25 December 2011


The federal government intends to probe the oil spill from Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company's Bonga deepwater field, Minister of Environment, Hajia Hadiza Ibrahim Mailafia, said in Lagos yesterday.

She also said the clean-up of the environment, which is being undertaken by various local and international experts, is expected to be completed within the next six weeks.

Mailafia spoke with reporters in Lagos after she led the director general of the National Oil Spill Detection and Response Agency, Mr. Peter Idabor and the deputy director in charge of Safety at the National Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, Capt. Warredi Enisuoh, to inspect the deep offshore facility.

The minister, who noted that Shell gave an "accurate report" in terms of the quantity of crude oil spilled, which she estimated at 30,000 barrels, added that the federal government would conduct a detailed investigation to ascertain the cause of the incident.

"We are targeting six weeks for the clean-up to be effective. You know the thing with oil is that when it spills, it spreads and for every second, it keeps spreading because the waters are not still.

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