Work on containing Kimbe oil spill in progress: Disaster office

WORK on containing an oil spill along the coastline in Kimbe, West New Britain, is continuing, according to the West New Britain disaster and emergency office.
Director Augustine Wilfred said yesterday that the oil spill occurred on Sunday morning.
“This is a result of a leaking pipe from the palm oil storage tanks, however, the root cause is yet to be identified by the NBPOL (New Britain Palm Oil Ltd) technical team.” The NBPOL palm oil storage tanks are located right on the coastline of Kimbe town.
“As of yesterday (Sunday), provincial disaster and emergency officers have been conducting environmental impact assessments and at the same time, assisting NBPOL officers to contain the oil spillage,” Wilfred said.
“A detail report will be published by end of this week. More details will be provided as soon as environmental impact assessments report is done.”
Attempts to get comments from NBPOL country manager Robert Nilkare to confirm this yesterday were unsuccessful.