(MENAFN- Kuwait News Agency (KUNA)) KUWAIT, Aug 12 (KUNA) -- Khafji Joint Operations (KJO) assured on Saturday that no oil leakage has been detected in the company's operation area.
In a press statement, KJO Public and Government Relations Officer Riyadh Al-Hassan pointed out that KJO emergency plan was enforced immediately following the reports about oil leakage from an on oil tanker in northeastern Arabian Gulf waters.
This included an aerial surveillance to the floated area to check the safety of the facilities and coasts, he said.
He emphasized that the surveillance showed that all KJO facilities are okay and spotted no oil spill in its operations zone.
Khafji Joint Operations zone straddles the border between the State of Kuwait and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The two countries share the reserves equally, working together to extract, refine and market them for mutual benefit.
The Kuwait Gulf Oil Company and Saudi Aramco Gulf Operations are responsible for the management of their countries' share of the resources in the area.
Earlier today, Kuwait's oil sector's spokesman Sheikh Talal Al-Khaled Al-Sabah said aided by concerned state agencies, emergency oil teams are still struggling to put an oil spill near Kuwait's southern Ras Al-Zour area under control.
Emergency teams from the Kuwait Oil Company (KOC), Kuwait National Petroleum Company (KNPC), several other oil companies, the Ministry of Electricity and Water and Environment Public Authority, have harnessed all efforts and capabilities to deal with the oil spill in south Kuwait, he said in a press release.
They are now focusing their efforts on protecting water outlets near the country's northern and southern Al-Zour power and water stations, the spokesman added.
Nearby beaches will be cleaned once power and water plants are secured and the oil spill is put under full control, he pointed out.
On Friday, Kuwait's Environment Public Authority (EPA) said it was taking all appropriate measures in order to protect water outlets from an oil spill near Kuwait's southern Ras Al-Zour area. (end) mam.fs.ibi -
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