OIL SPILL: How Shell recorded 10 incidents in December 2020
As oil theft and illegal refining continue in the Niger Delta, Shell Petroleum Development Company, SPDC, has recorded 10 oil spill incidents in December 2020, indicating a drop of five when compared to 15 recorded in November.
Specifically, the incidents, which Shell attributed to sabotage occurred on December 2, 3, 10, 16, 18, 20, 22, 29, 2020.
In its latest report, obtained by The Daily,http://www.thedaily-ng.
A key priority for SPDC-JV is to achieve the goal of zero spills from our operations as no operational spill is acceptable and we work hard to prevent them. If a spill originates from, or impacts, our facilities/Right of Way (RoW), SPDC-JV cleans it up. Where necessary, and as agreed with the relevant government agency, SPDC-JV remediates the affected area, regardless of its cause.
“SPDC-JV has publicly reported oil spill statistics annually since 1995 in the Shell Sustainability Report, and this website further enhances transparency on spills from SPDC-JV facilities in Nigeria.
It tracks the progress of our spill management from when we detect the spill to when clean-up and remediation are completed and certified by Government Regulators. SPDC-JV was the first oil and gas company in Nigeria to publish data on its spills on a publicly accessible website. Our SPDC-JV oil spills website went live in 2011 and is updated regularly.”
It added: “When a leak is identified production is suspended and we contain and recover spilled oil. SPDC-JV regularly tests its emergency spill response procedures and capability to ensure it can respond rapidly and effectively to a spill incident.
In line with government regulations, a Joint Investigation (JIT) team visits the spill site in a Joint Investigation Visit (JIV) to establish the cause, volume, extent and impact of the spilled oil. The team comprises representatives of SPDC-JV, regulators, government security agencies, state governments, communities and sometimes local NGOs as observers.
Once clean-up and remediation are completed, the work is inspected and, if satisfactory, approved and certified by the Federal Government of Nigeria regulator National Oil Spill Detection and Response Agency (NOSDRA). In the case of operational spills, compensation is paid to people and communities impacted by the spill.”
