BRANDPOWER learnt that the leak had occurred while crude was being loaded from the Egina FPSO to a vessel on Nov 15.
Mr Charles Ebereonwu, Country Communication Manager at TotalEnergies confirmed the leak to NAN on Thursday.
Ebereonwu explained that the leak was a minor one and had been contained with appropriate remedial measures.
“This is not a massive leak and the sheen has been treated with the appropriate response that resulted in a reduction of most of it.
“No shoreline or communities have been impacted,” Ebereonwu said.
Crude oil production at the 200,000 barrels per day capacity facility, with a storage capacity of 2.3 million barrels of crude, was not affected by the incident.