Kuwait Oil Company announced a “state of emergency” after Oil spill on land.
As per the statement posted on the Kuwait Oil Company’s Twitter account, a state of emergency has been declared on Monday due to an oil spill on land in the western region of the country.
According to Qusai Al-Amer, the head of admin support at the company, there have been no reports of any injuries or production disruptions. He also mentioned that no harmful gases were detected at the site.
Teams have been dispatched to determine the source of the leak and contain the incident, Al-Amer said.
The Kuwait Oil Company has previously reported oil leaks in its fields in 2020 and 2016.
In 2017, Kuwaiti authorities reported two slicks off the Gulf’s state’s shores over the span of a few days.