Clean-up efforts completed after oil leak off Bukom

Clean-up efforts in the wake of an oil leak in the waters off Bukom Island have been completed, the authorities said.

- Aqil Hamzah

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.

The statement said: "Additional containment and absorbent booms have been laid in the channel and at the mouth of the channel as precautionary measures. Absorbent booms at Sisters' Islands Marine Park and the beaches on Sentosa have been laid as a precautionary measure.

"There have been no sightings of oil sheens or oil patches in the waters off Sentosa, and its beaches remain open for water activities."