SINGAPORE: Clean-up operations following the oil leak from a Shell pipeline are targeted to be completed in the "coming days", the authorities said on Tuesday (Oct 22). There have als

Shell said on Tuesday that most of the oil leak from a land-based pipeline at Shell Energy and Chemicals Park Singapore on Bukom island had been cleaned up, with only small patches of light sheens around the island and Bukom Kechil remaining.

SINGAPORE - The clean-up of the waters, rocks and structures on and between Pulau Bukom and Bukom Kechil is expected to be completed in days, with no new oil sightings as at 3pm on Oct 22. This comes after more than 30 tonnes of “slop” – a mixture of oil and water – were leaked into the sea from a Shell pipeline between the two islands on Oct 20.

Singapore agencies said on Tuesday they were making progress in cleaning up an oil leak and there had been no new sightings of oil at sea or onshore as of 3 p.m. (0700 GMT).

SINGAPORE - Over 30 metric tonnes of “slop” - a mixture of oil and water - was leaked into the sea between Bukom Island and Bukom Kecil on Oct 20, said British petrochemical company Shell.

Clean-up operations commenced following the detection of the spill. An oil leak from a Shell land-based pipeline between Bukom Island and Bukom Kecil was detected on 20 October at around 5:30 am. Later that day,

The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) said there had been no new sighting of an oil spill as of 6pm on Oct. 20

The Marine Department and the Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) are keeping a close watch on Johor waters for potential oil spills following a pipeline leak at Pulau Bukom, Singapore. Read