Singapore said it was alerted to an oil leakage from a Shell land-based pipeline early Sunday, and steps have been taken to clean up the spill.

Nigeria has declined to approve the sale of Shell's (NYSE:SHEL) onshore and shallow-water oil and gas in the Niger Delta region to a consortium of local companies, the country's upstream regulator said Monday.

A land-based pipeline leak has led to about 30-40 metric tons of "slop” - a mixture of oil and water - being spilled into the sea off Singapore, Shell Plc said in a statement today.

An oil leak in the pre-dawn hours of Oct 20 from a Shell pipeline has affected waters off Singapore, said the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA). The oil started leaking at around 5.30am from a land-based pipeline belonging to the British petrochemical company between Bukom Island and Bukom Kecil,

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SINGAPORE: People should avoid swimming and other primary contact water activities near the beaches of East Coast Park, Kusu Island, St John’s Island and Lazarus Island, the National Environment Agency (NEA) said in an advisory on Monday (Oct 21).

Major energy company Shell and Singapore's Maritime and Port Authority deployed clean-up measures after a leak from a land-based pipeline, they said on Sunday. The MPA said in a statement it was alerted at around 1 p.

An oil leakage from a pipeline in Singapore operated by Shell (NYSE:SHEL) was reported early Sunday, according to local officials. They said a cleanup was under way. The leak was reported to have “stopped at source,

An oil pipeline belonging to British giant Shell began leaking into the sea on Sunday, Singaporean authorities said, adding that the spill was stopped and cleanup crews deployed.