Shell charged over 2 incidents involving ‘oily mixture’ discharged into S’pore waters in 2024

Around 40 tonnes of the mixture was purportedly discharged through a hole in a four-inch slop pipeline within the company’s oil refining facility on Oct 20, 2024.

Published Sep 22, 2026, 05:32 PM

Updated Sep 22, 2026, 05:35 PM

Shell Singapore faces four charges under the Prevention of Pollution of the Sea Act.

The first incident allegedly involved about 40 tonnes of "oily mixture" discharged through a pipeline on Oct 20, 2024.

The second incident in December that year allegedly involved 485kg to 956kg of the mixture.

SINGAPORE - Shell Singapore was handed four charges under the Prevention of Pollution of the Sea Act on Sept 22 over two incidents involving “oily mixture” discharged into the country’s waters in 2024.

Both incidents were allegedly linked to the oil company’s energy and chemicals park on Pulau Bukom Kechil.

For the first incident, around 40 tonnes of the mixture was purportedly discharged through a hole in a four-inch slop pipeline within the company’s oil refining facility on Oct 20, 2024.

Shell Singapore is also accused of failing to report the matter to the port master when the incident took place at around 8am that day. It allegedly did so about five hours later. Clean-up operations were completed on Oct 29, 2024.

For the second incident, around 485kg to 956kg of an “oily mixture” was allegedly discharged through a fixture within the facility between Dec 26 and 28, 2024.

Shell Singapore is accused of failing to report the matter to the port master when it first occurred at around 9.30am on Dec 26, 2024.

It allegedly did so shortly before noon that day.

The Straits Times reported in December 2024 that the scale of this oil leak was later determined to be minor with no risk to public safety or environmentally sensitive areas.

The case will be mentioned again on Oct 20.

据称，2024 年 10 月 20 日，约 40 吨混合物通过该公司炼油厂内一条 4 英寸废液管道上的一个洞排出。

发布于 2026 年 9 月 22 日下午 5:32

更新于2026年9月22日下午5:35

壳牌新加坡公司面临四项违反《防止海洋污染法》的指控。

据称，第一起事故涉及约 40 吨“油性混合物”，于 2024 年 10 月 20 日通过管道泄漏。

据称，同年 12 月发生的第二起事件涉及 485 公斤至 956 公斤的混合物。

新加坡——2024年，壳牌新加坡公司因两起“油性混合物”排放到该国水域的事件，于9月22日被控违反《防止海洋污染法》四项罪名。

据称，这两起事件都与该石油公司位于布科姆克奇尔岛的能源化工园区有关。

据称，2024 年 10 月 20 日，该公司炼油厂内一条 4 英寸的废液管道上的一个洞泄漏了约 40 吨混合物，这是第一起事故。

壳牌新加坡公司还被指控在事发当天上午8点左右，即事故发生时，未向港务长报告此事。据称，该公司在大约五个小时后才报告。清理工作于2024年10月29日完成。

第二次事故中，据称在 2024 年 12 月 26 日至 28 日期间，约有 485 公斤至 956 公斤的“油性混合物”通过该设施内的装置排放。

壳牌新加坡公司被指控在 2024 年 12 月 26 日上午 9 点 30 分左右事件发生时，没有向港务长报告此事。

据称，此事发生在当天中午前不久。

《海峡时报》在 2024 年 12 月报道称，后来确定此次漏油事件的规模较小，不会对公共安全或环境敏感区域构成风险。

该案将于10月20日再次开庭审理。