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An lipid spill from an 8-inch crude transportation pipeline astatine Oil Mining Lease 29 (OML 29) has polluted Nembe communities astir the Santa Barbara River successful Bayelsa.
The OML 29 plus is operated by Nembe Exploration and Production Company Limited, formerly Aiteo Eastern Exploration and Production Company Limited.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the leak astatine Tora country successful Nembe occurred connected October 1 discharging a yet to beryllium ascertained measurement of Crude accent into the Santa Barbara River and adjourning areas.
According to a missive to the relation of OML 29 by the ineligible counsel to the Opu Nembe Kingdom signed by Mr Iniruo Wills, Managing Partner of Ntephe Smith and Wills, the spill has adversely impacted the radical who beryllium connected the Santa Barbara River.
The missive sighted by a NAN Correspondent was successful effect to an invitation to a Joint Investigation Visit (JIV) to the spill tract to ascertain the origin and measurement of the spill.
The lipid steadfast had confirmed the lipid spill successful a missive Ref:NEPCo/HSE-JIV/2025/04 dated October 5, which projected a JIV for October 6.
The Nembe communities successful a effect to the missive kicked against the October 6 day and opted for October 9.
“We punctual you, arsenic you are rather alert of already that the Community requires and deserves decent announcement to assemble a competent JIV team, immoderate of whom usually travel from Lagos, Port Harcourt and/or Yenagoa, successful bid to guarantee owed diligence and debar oregon countervail the perennial signifier of manipulating the JIV process and suppressing captious information.
“Please enactment that our clients request a thorough and competent probe of this spill, and capable absorption (including swift post-spill appraisal and remediation).
“Beyond this spill, for the records, we request connected behalf of our clients again for a top-level engagement (Company, Community Technical Team, and Regulators) for a lasting wide model to enactment a halt to this unbearable and continual burden.” the missive work successful part.
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