Four Exxon-Mobil spills in the last six months in Akwa Ibom state
Posted by jinn on June 24th, 2010
Nigerian oil spill detection agency finds Mobil’s estimate of oil spilled “doubtful”
Today Exxon-Mobil admitted to a “minor” spill that occurred three days ago in Akwa Ibom state. This is the fourth oil spill at an Exxon-Mobil facility in Akwa Ibom state in the last six months.
An official from Nigeria’s National Oil Spill Detection and Response Agency (NOSDRA) confirmed the report of the June 21 spill, adding that the agency “observed that the volume (of oil spill) claimed by the oil firm is doubtful. The oil deposits were sighted at the shoreline, if the volume was insignificant as claimed, it will not get to the shoreline, which is about 20 kilometers from the spill location.”
NOSDRA detected the oil spill on Monday and then commenced investigation, including into the cause of the incident and the impact on the marine environment.
Following the May 1 spill, protests by women and youth in the local areas disrupted oil production at Mobil facilities for two days, with reports of soldiers beating protestors, including one woman who suffered a broken leg.
Those protests led to a May 20 meeting with stakeholders from the Akwa Ibom State Government, Mobil, and core host communities. Among the topics raised was “the issue of the oil company playing one community against another.”
June 24th, 2010 at 7:07 pm
This same thing happened in the coastal states of the U.S.A no thanks to BP , and it’s being investigated, I bet nobody cares in Nigeria????
July 8th, 2010 at 9:21 am
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