According to The Punch, spokesman for SPDC, Mr. Joseph Obari,
confirmed this on Wednesday while speaking to the News Agency of Nigeria that
seven spill incidents were reported on Aug. 12.
It was further gathered by NAN that the oil firm had bring
into effective action a helicopter for aerial surveillance and investigation of
the incident.
The incident was said by residents of Ikarama Community to
have happened because of the termination of pipeline surveillance contract by
SPDC which as a result made the surveillance guards to discontinue their
services.
Obari said the cause of the spill was yet to be established. In
his words: “Seven spills were reported on
the 14inch Okordia-Rumuekpe pipeline in Ikarama on August 12. The Shell
Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Joint Venture is finalising plans for
the conduct of a Joint Investigation Visit (JIV) to the sites. JIV is a
statutory process of operation, involving SPDC, regulatory agencies, state
ministry of environment, police and community representatives, to ascertaining
the cause, volume and impact of a spill. JIV is yet to be conducted to
determine the cause of the spills.”
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