17 June oil spill at Nigeria's Aiteo's Nembe oilfield leads to OML 29 production shutdown; leak cause unknown, joint investigation ongoing.
Oil spill detected on June 17 at Aiteo's Nembe oilfield in Bayelsa State, Nigeria, leads to OML 29 production shutdown. Cause of the leak remains undetermined, and a Joint Investigative Visit with stakeholders has been initiated. NOSDRA and NUPRC have been notified and NOSDRA officials deployed to the site. This is not the first incident, with Aiteo reporting a hydrocarbon wellhead leak in November 2021.
June 19, 2024
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