Oil spills in the Loubi lagoon: “When we eat the fish or crab caught in the lagoon, we get diarrhoea and smell the crude oil.”

By Amnesty International

The country’s only oil terminal, managed by Total-Energy Congo (a subsidiary of the French oil company Total-Energy) is located in the small fishing village of Djeno. An oil terminal is used to receive, process and store crude oil from many different sites before it is sent to refineries by tanker or pipeline. The oil terminal […] The post Oil spills in the Loubi lagoon: “When we eat the fish or crab caught in the lagoon, we get diarrhoea and smell the crude oil.” appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>

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