TotalEnergies Breaks Silence On Egina Oil Leak

  Mohammed Shosanya

TotalEnergies says oil leak at its 2.3 million storage capacity Egina Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO) vessel, has not affected daily production in Nigeria

The  spill had happened  while crude was being loaded from the Egina FPSO to a vessel last week.

The company’s Country Communication Manager, Dr. Charles Ebereonwu,cleared the air in a statement made available to Premium News on Thursday.

 The leak was not a massive,he said,but the sheen has been treated with the appropriate response that resulted in a reduction of most of it.

He added: “This is not a massive leak and the sheen has been treated with the appropriate response that resulted in a reduction of most of it. No shoreline or communities have been impacted.Production has not been affected”.

The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA had Wednesday announced that  it was  closely monitoring the Crude oil spill incident which took place during loading operations in Egina on 15th November 2023 at about 6:30am.

 Edward Osagie,spokesman of the agency,had said!: “NIMASA is working closely with the National Oil Spill Detection and Response Agency NOSDRA, and Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission, NUPRC from the Crisis Management Room CMR, where the spill is being monitored real time using oil spill monitoring software from the Emergency Response Center. Though the volume of spill is not yet confirmed, Total Energies is providing aerial surveillance, dispersant application, while further mobilization is being considered.

“The Oil Spill Response Limited from the United Kingdom is also assisting with pollution control measures. Reconnaissance survey of the impacted area confirms that the shoreline communities of Andoni, Qua-Iboe terminals, Bonny Island, Opobo/Nkoro and Eastern Obolo, which are closest to Egina, are not yet affected”