Oil patches seen off Sentosa after 23 tonnes of diesel leaks from police facility into southern waters
SINGAPORE – About 23 tonnes of diesel oil leaked from the Police Coast Guard Brani Regional Base in southern Singapore into surrounding waters on Feb 5.
In a joint statement, the Singapore Police Force, Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) and National Environment Agency said on Feb 6 that the oil leak was discovered at 11.40am on Feb 5 and “isolated” at about 3.40pm the same day.
They said that about 23 tonnes of oil had leaked from a damaged shore fuel hose used to refuel patrol craft at Selat Sengkir.
This is at least the fifth incident involving oil spilling into Singapore’s waters since June 2024.
The authorities said “there were no oil slicks observed”, but added that an oily sheen could be seen in some areas.
Members of the public told The Straits Times they saw patches of oil in the waters off the resort island of Sentosa.
Mr Sirius Ng, an outrigger paddler with the Singapore Paddle Club, told ST that he saw patches of oil off the entire south-western coast of Sentosa, from Tanjong Rimau to Tanjong Beach, on Feb 6 from around 6.45am to 8am.