In spite of the new strategies adopted by the Federal Government in November, 2021 to tackle oil spill in the Niger Delta, many communities in the region are still groaning and suffering silently under the yoke of environmental degradation occasioned…
Vanguard. A crude oil leak from the 12-inch Benisede-Brass Creek Delivery Line has been reported in the riverine enclave of Peretuorugbene in Bayelsa State. The facility is owned by Shell Petroleum Development Company, SPDC. The incident was confirmed by the…
PREMIUM Times. A gas pipeline operated by Nigerian Agip Oil Company (NAOC) has been vandalised and set ablaze again, barely one week after it was attacked by vandals, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) has reported. The breach of the pipeline…
THE WILL The National Oil Spills Detection and Response Agency (NOSDRA), on Thursday, said its investigations have shown a rising spate of oil spills caused by sabotage and oil theft. NOSDRA in a statement availed via email, indicated that three…
PREMIUM TIMES One more body has been recovered after the explosion of an oil storage vessel off the Nigerian coast over two weeks ago, bringing the death toll to four. The Trinity Spirit, a Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO)…
THE CABLE The recent spill at Santa Barbara 1 well in Nembe, Bayelsa State, made the news so loud that it drowned some salient points and diverted attention from stories elsewhere in the creeks. Aiteo Eastern Exploration and Production Company,…
THIS DAY Two more bodies have been recovered from the Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO) facility, belonging to Shebah Exploration & Production Company Limited (SEPCOL) which exploded in Warri, Delta State, last Wednesday. With the company’s announcement yesterday, three…
THE GUARDIAN Leaders of the Artisan Fishermen Association of Nigeria (ARFAN), Niger Delta chapter who are victims of the Shell Bonga Oil Spill of December 20, 2011, have demanded the immediate payment of $3.4billion fine from the company, which was…
BLOOMBERG A local government in the Niger Delta is disputing the conclusion of an investigation over who was to blame for a five-week oil spill, with potentially significant implications for affected communities’ prospects of securing compensation. Lagos-based Aiteo Eastern E&P…
VANGUARD NEWS Reminiscent of the George Floyd saga, the people of Rivers State are finding it difficult to breathe due to the environmental challenge of soot scientifically known as black carbon. Floyd, it must be recalled, choked to death when…