Severe Environmental Incident Declared in Niger After Oil Blowout
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The Nigerian Ministry of Energy announced that a massive oil and gas flow began late last month in a remote desert area east of the country.
An oil and gas spill has been affecting northeastern Niger since September 25th. The Ministry of Petroleum is warning of an exceptionally serious environmental incident.
Images aired on national television show crude oil spilling, while an oil spill runs for hundreds of metres.
Large amounts of oil and gas are projected at more than ten metres in height, the authorities explained. The causes of the incident, which began on 25 September in the desert east of the country, "are not yet fully established", but the "criminal or terrorist trail" is ruled out.
A massive oil and gas spill in a remote desert region of eastern Niger has caused a “very serious” environmental incident, the Ministry of Energy announced Monday. A ministry statement broadcast on state television said the massive spill occurred at the Goumri W8 well, about 1,700 kilometers from the capital Niamey, on September 25. It added that what happened [...]
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