SPDC undertakes clean-up of Bayelsa, Delta communities

The Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited (SPDC) says it is undertaking the clean–up of areas recently affected by oil spillage in two Niger/Delta communities.

The company’s Media Relations Manager, Mr Bamidele Odugbesan, said on Sunday in Lagos, the exercise had reached 95 per cent completion.

Odugbesan stated that the affected areas were in Trans Ramos Pipeline (TRP) in Aghoro community, Bayelsa, and Odimodi community of Delta respectively.

He said the pipelines had initially supplied crude to the SPDC Joint Venture-owned Forcados Oil Terminal in western Niger Delta for export.

He added that the exercise would be followed with immediate remediation of the affected areas.

He acknowledged that the spills were regrettable, and that the clean-up was in line with the standard operating procedures of SPDC.