The National Oil Spill Detection and Response Agency, the Department of Petroleum Resources, and other regulatory agencies are to monitor the damaged 97km Nembe Creek line.
Aiteo Eastern Exploration and Production Company said at the weekend that it had shut the Nembe Creek Trunk Line (NCTL) for emergency repairs following the detection of oil leakage in Rivers State.
Mr Ndiana-Abasi Matthew, the company’s Senior Manager, Corporate Communications, said in a statement issued in Lagos, that “our Emergency Pipeline and Response teams are on site.”
“Joint Investigation Visit (JIV) with the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR), National Oil Spill Detection and Response Agency (NOSDRA) and other relevant government agencies will begin next week to monitor line pressures and confirm safe working levels.
“Aiteo is working towards concluding the process speedily and will communicate further developments as they become available,” the spokesman said.
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