Shell's Singapore Pipeline Leak Contained

Major energy company Shell and Singapore's Maritime and Port Authority deployed clean-up measures after a leak from a land-based pipeline, they said on Sunday.

The MPA said in a statement it was alerted at around 1 p.m. (0500 GMT) to the oil spill between Bukom and Bukom Kecil islands that had occurred at around 5.30 a.m.

It said the leak was reported to have stopped at the source and there was no impact to navigation safety.

A Shell spokesperson confirmed the leak at the Shell Energy and Chemicals Park and said emergency response specialists had been sent to manage the situation.

The MPA said Shell has placed containment booms off the site of the leak and deployed craft equipped with dispersants to clean up oil sighted in the vicinity.

The port authority also deployed seven of its vessels, as well as drones and satellites to help locate the oil spill, it said.

(Reuters - Reporting by Rozanna Latiff in Kuala Lumpur, Shivani Tanna in Bengaluru and Florence Tan in Singapore; editing by Barbara Lewis)