Ibeno community, near Eket in Akwa Ibom at the weekend reported another major oil spill at the Qua Iboe oil field operated by Mobil Producing Nigeria (MPN). Director in charge of oil spills at National Oil Spills Detection and Response Agency (NOSDRA) Mr. Musa Idris confirmed the oil spill. Musa said that NOSDRA was in receipt of the oil spill report and had commenced investigation to disclose the volume of oil discharged into the environment. “The oil spill has been reported, the pipeline was tampered with as a result of construction activities, at the oil field, a team from Department of Petroleum Resources, NOSDRA and Akwa Ibom ministry of environment would visit the oil fields tomorrow”, Musa claimed Fishermen who operate along the Ibeno shoreline sighted crude oil discharge from the Idoho Oil Platform within the Qua Iboe Iboe field on Sunday. "Clean up" activities had commenced as about 10 vessels were seen deployed for the clean up exercise on Monday. The Spill had contaminated fresh water within one kilometer radius from the Idoho oil well as the vessels laden with dispersants were see on Monday trying to contain the oil spill.
