Clean-up efforts completed after oil leak off Singapore's Bukom Island; port and environment authorities investigating incident


Clean-up operations being conducted on Dec 27 after refined oil products had leaked into the waters off Bukom Island. - PHOTO: SHELL/MARITIME AND PORT AUTHORITY OF SINGAPORE/FACEBOOK

SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/ANN): Clean-up efforts in the wake of an oil leak in the waters off Bukom Island have been completed, the authorities said.

In a joint statement, the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA), the National Environment Agency (NEA) and National Parks Board said efforts by British petrochemical giant Shell to locate the source of the leak in the oil processing unit are ongoing.

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