"Shell, regulators disagree as oil spill ravages Bayelsa community", 4 Sept 2017

Oil spewing from equipment belonging to the Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) has ravaged parts of Tein-Biseni environment, Biseni, Yenagoa Local Government Area. A report compiled by the Environmental Right Action/Friends of the Earth (ERA/FoE), showed that while Shell believed the spill was caused by sabotage, other stakeholders including regulators and the community argued it resulted from equipment failure...[A]fter the spill, Shell officials and government representatives visited the area but failed to agree on the cause of the incident...But the report [by ERA/FoE] also quoted Shell’s Spokesman, Mr. Precious Okolobo, as saying that the spill happened in an unproductive well. Okolobo said: “The spill Incident occurred on August 11, from a well that has not been producing. We commenced recovery of spilled oil the following day but this was disrupted by community people who alleged this was an operational spill.