Oil & Gas
By Anthony Isibor.
SHELL says that over 3,300 tonnes of crude oil were wasted in Nigeria’s oil-rich Delta in 2021.
Shell said in its sustainability report on Tuesday that the incidents were caused by sabotage, which were last seen in 2016.
“While the volume of spills rose, the number of major spills fell to 106 in 2021 from 122 incidents the previous year,
“The volume of crude oil spills caused by sabotage in Nigeria’s oil-rich Delta more than doubled to 3,300 tonnes last year, a level last seen in 2016.” it said.
It added that in 2020, oil spills in Nigeria stood at 1,500 tonnes.
The Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited, SPDC, 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 also tracks the progress of its spill management from when it detects 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 said.
As Nigeria’s main onshore oil and gas joint venture, SPDC has struggled for years to contain crude oil spills in the Delta caused by operational incidents, theft and sabotage.
A Nigerian court last month stopped the company from selling any assets in Nigeria until a decision is reached on the company’s appeal of a nearly $2 billion penalty for an alleged oil spill.
AI.
Apr. 06 2022 @ 17:50 GMT
Tags: Shell Petroleum
