Shell shuts down oil processing unit at the Singapore's Pulau Bukom to probe leak


The suspected leak could involve an oil processing unit at the Shell Energy and Chemical Parks on Bukom Island. - PHOTO: ST FILE

SINGAPORE (Bernama): Shell has shut down one of its oil processing units at the Shell Energy and Chemicals Park on Singapore’s Pulau Bukom to facilitate an investigation into a suspected leak in the system.

"Shell estimated that a few tonnes of the refined oil products were leaked, together with the cooling water discharge,” according to a joint statement by the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA), National Environment Agency (NEA), National Parks Board (NParks), and Sentosa Development Corporation (SDC).

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