VANGUARD PORT HARCOURT – TOWARDS resumption of oil production in Ogoniland, Rivers state, Ogoni Oil Producing Communities Forum (OOPCF) on Sunday reaffirmed rejection of the Nigerian Petroleum Development Company (NPDC) as licensed operator to drive renewed operations in the area.…
VANGUARD The Ogoni Peoples Assembly has cried out over what it described as an existential threat facing it, threatening to ground oil exploration in the region if its demand for the empowerment of local contractors is left unattended. The assembly…
THIS DAY The Rivers State government has fully acquired the 45 per cent interest of Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria (SPDC) in Oil Mining Lease (OML) 11 situated in Ejama Ebubu community in Eleme Local Government Area and the…
THE NATION The Federal High Court Abuja has ordered the Minister of Petroleum to grant the renewal of the Oil Mineral Lease 11 to Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria for 20 years. Justice Taiwo Taiwo ruled that renewal would…