Singapore authorities have completed clean-up efforts following an oil leak incident off Bukom Island.
Clean-up operations being conducted on Dec 27 after refined oil products had leaked into the waters off Bukom Island. In a joint statement, the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA), the National Environment Agency (NEA) and National Parks Board said efforts by British petrochemical giant Shell to locate the source of the leak in the oil processing unit are ongoing.
The statement said: “Additional containment and absorbent booms have been laid in the channel and at the mouth of the channel as precautionary measures... Absorbent booms at Sisters’ Islands Marine Park and the beaches on Sentosa have been laid as a precautionary measure. “There have been no sightings of oil sheens or oil patches in the waters off Sentosa, and its beaches remain open for water activities.”A few tonnes of refined oil products produced at an oil processing unit at the Shell Energy and Chemicals Park leaked on Dec 26, prompting Shell to shut the unit down temporarily. On the same day, it found oil sheens off Bukom Island at about 9.30am. The incident was then reported to the MPA at 11.58am and to the NEA at 1.15pm.The scale of the oil leak was determined to be minor on Dec 26, “with no risk” to public safety or environmentally sensitive areas, owing to the measures that Shell had implemented, the statement said. The measures included laying absorbent and containment booms, spraying dispersants in the channel where the cooling water is being discharged and activating an inbuilt oil skimmer system. MPA sent three patrol craft on Dec 27, as Shell had asked for help in speeding up the clean-up efforts. NEA and MPA are jointly conducting a probe into the incident, and will take action if any wrongdoing or lapse is found, the statement sai
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