AITEO Eastern Exploration and Production Company Limited says it has contained the oil spill from the leaking wellhead Oil Mining Lease (OML 29) Santa Barbara south field Well 01, in Nembe Local Government Area, Bayelsa State.
A statement by the company said control packages have successfully been installed at both arms of the well thirty-eight days after the incident.
“To the Glory of God, we have put out the leak at SBAS-1. We are grateful for the support. Successfully installed control packages on both arms,” the statement said.
Meanwhile, Senator Seriake Dickson has called on the operators of the oil firm, the Ministry of Petroleum Resources, the Ministry of Environment, the National Oil Spill Detection and Response Agency and others to take immediate steps to rescue the seriously threatened environment from destruction.
The Senator representing Bayelsa West in the National Assembly, in a statement, said that with the scope of the pollution caused by the oil spillage, there is the need for the Federal Government to make a comprehensive provision to ensure the commencement of immediate measures of remediation in the affected areas.
He urged that relief materials be provided to the communities affected as he sympathized with the people whose source of livelihood and health have been endangered by the massive spill.
