An incident in an oil field in Kuwait led to the declaration of a state of emergency in the west of the country on Monday. The Kuwait Oil Company guaranteed, however, that there were no reports of injuries or production disruption.
“There were no injuries as a result of the leak and production was not affected,” said Qusai Al-Amer, a company spokesman, who, quoted by AFP, added that there were no toxic emissions either.
The leak occurred “over land, but not in a residential area,” he later told AFP.
Teams have been dispatched to the site to determine the source of the leak and contain it, Al-Amer said, declining to give the exact location of the spill. The Kuwaiti daily Al Rai posted a video on Twitter showing a pipeline releasing large amounts of oil onto arid land.
Kuwait is a major oil producer, with nearly 90% of government revenue coming from this fossil fuel. A leading member of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), the country currently produces around 2.7 million barrels per day.
The Kuwait Oil Company had already reported oil leaks from its fields in 2020 and 2016.
Source: TSF
