Tema, Jan. 26, GNA- The Safety and Environmental staff of the Tema Oil Refinery (TOR) on Thursday afternoon, acted swiftly to stop an oil leakage on one of its underneath pipe lines within the plant.
The workers isolated the affected line buried underground
and used sand bags to contain the oil to prevent further
spillage into a nearby gutter, Mrs Aba Lokko, Public Affairs
Manager of TOR told the GNA in Tema. She explained that part of the underground line had
corroded thus giving way to the leakage, but its obscurity
made it very difficult to detect until the leakage of the oil
surfaced with some spilling into the gutter, which flowed into
the municipal drain. Mrs Lokko said the corrosion was detected after the experts
had dug the area and the engineers intervened promptly to
save the situation. Concerning the oil that had spilled into the municipal drain,
Mr Kingsley Kofi Ditsa, Environmental Services Manager said
foams were being used to collect it for re-processing so it
would not go waste. “Some of these operational hazards occur occasionally but
we are able to contain it, Mr Ditsa stated.
Source: GhanaWeb
