oil spill on land, an incident decried by environmental activists as a ‘recurring problem’ in the Countries energy-rich .
The emergency followed an “oil leak in the west of the Kuwait ” a gushing pipe surrounded by a large slick of oil. “No injuries have occurred as a result of the leak and production has not been affected,” adding that no toxic fumes had been reported.
The leak “occurred on land but not in a residential area” Teams have been dispatched to determine the source of the leak and contain the incident.

𝑂𝑖𝑙 𝑝𝑜𝑙𝑙𝑢𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛‼️ “𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑜𝑖𝑙 𝑝𝑜𝑙𝑙𝑢𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑤𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑡𝑙𝑦 𝑠𝑒𝑒 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑎𝑖𝑟, 𝑙𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑠𝑒𝑎 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑜𝑖𝑙 𝑖𝑛𝑑𝑢𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑦 𝑖𝑠 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑠𝑢𝑓𝑓𝑖𝑐𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑙𝑦 𝑠𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑜𝑢𝑠 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑖𝑡 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑡𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑒𝑛𝑣𝑖𝑟𝑜𝑛𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡”
“𝑊𝑒 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑓𝑎𝑐𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎 𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑢𝑟𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑏𝑙𝑒𝑚 𝑑𝑢𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑙𝑒𝑛𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑦 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑛𝑜𝑛-𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑝𝑙𝑖𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑒𝑛𝑣𝑖𝑟𝑜𝑛𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑎𝑙 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑠𝑎𝑓𝑒𝑡𝑦 𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑎𝑟𝑑𝑠, “𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑑𝑒𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑓𝑖𝑟𝑚𝑙𝑦 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑜𝑖𝑙 𝑠𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑜𝑟”.