Oil spill stretches for miles by Exxon Nigeria field

Reuters: An oil spill near an ExxonMobil oilfield off the southeast coast of Nigeria has spread along the shore for about 15 miles, and locals said it was killing fish they depend on to live. Mobil Producing Nigeria, a joint venture between ExxonMobil and the state oil firm, said this month it was helping clean up an oil spill near its Ibeno field in Akwa Ibom state, though it did not know the source of the oil. This Reuters reporter saw that water along the coast was covered with a rainbow-tinted film......

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