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Monday, March 9, 2015
There is no timeline on when Shell in Nigeria will restart its Seibou well that was shut in during January after it sprung a leak. The well was shut in around 15 hours after the leak was detected, over 500 barrels were estimated to have spilled.
The spill impacted 300,000 square meters of water surface in Bayelsa State.Shell said it had deployed booms to prevent further spread of the spill.
“A follow-up joint investigation visit is being planned to lift the line from underwater and determine the cause of the leak,” Shell said in a statement.
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