National Oil Spill Detection Response Agency (NOSDRA) would on Sunday and Monday undertake an overflight surveillance of the Upkokiti oil fields to ascertain the status of the extinguished fire incident on the oil field. However, she maintained that the future air surveillance would continue, until whatever remnants of oil in the FPSO is evacuated and measures evolved to forestall a recurrence of such kind of incident. “While the cause of the fire incident is yet to be fully determined, the environment around the FPSO is only slightly covered by the sheen and emulsified oil. It was earlier reported that the approximate quantity of oil in the FPSO in the recent past was said to be a little less than 200 000 barrels. “NOSDRA will continue to give updates on this incident after each aerial surveillance scheduled for today and Monday,” Ikeazor assured.

Source: Nigerian Tribune February 06, 2022 23:41 UTC