(Reuters) -Shell has shut down an oil processing unit at its Pulau Bukom facility to analyze a suspected leak, Singapore’s Maritime and Port Authority (MPA) and Nationwide Setting Company (NEA) stated on Friday.
The oil firm estimates that a number of tonnes of refined oil merchandise, together with cooling water discharge used within the refining course of, have leaked.
Pulau Bukom, web site of Singapore’s first refinery, now homes Shell (LON:SHEL)’s solely vitality and chemical compounds park in Asia, in line with the corporate’s web site.
Shell confirmed in an emailed assertion to Reuters that oil sheens have been noticed alongside a wharf on Dec. 26, 2024 at Shell Vitality and Chemical substances Park Singapore.
The corporate said it has taken steps to include the leak and forestall it from spreading into the ocean and has deployed boats alongside the MPA to scrub up mild oil sheens noticed close to the leak web site.
The MPA stated investigations are ongoing, and navigation visitors within the space stays unaffected.
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