ENVIRONMENT

Philippine provincial governor said on Monday, March 13, 2023, that the oil spill from a motor tanker that sank a few weeks ago has affected almost 100,000 people in a Philippine province. The governor said the residents have been affected by the loss of livelihood, health risks, and other impacts as a result of the oil spill. The spill came ...

The largest oil and gas field financing transaction of about $1.1bn – Oil Mining License 17, owned by billionaire business tycoon, Tony Elumelu, is currently under investigation following the uncovering of an illegal oil bunkering facility connected to it, The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps on Thursday, uncovered an illegal local refinery at Otamiri-Etche, Etche Local Government Area of ...

No fewer than 10 persons died on Friday following an explosion at the Trans Niger Pipeline (TNP) in Rumuekpe, Rivers. Police Spokesman in Rivers, SP Grace Iringe-Koko, who confirmed the incident in a statement to newsmen, said that rescue efforts were underway. The TNP, operated by Shell, evacuates crude from its oil fields to the Bonny Crude Oil Export Terminal. ...

The Global Cleantech Innovation Programme (GCIP) is important to Nigeria because it will enable the nation to achieve long-term visions such as cutting emissions to net zero by 2060 and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) even before the 2030 deadline. Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation, Adeleke Mamora, who made the submission at the National Forum and Award Ceremony of ...

In its cleaner energy expansion drive aimed at achieving energy transition targets, Shell Petroleum NV, a wholly owned subsidiary of Shell plc, has completed the acquisition of 100 per cent of the shares of Nature Energy Biogas A/S (Nature Energy).By purchasing the shares in Nature Energy, Shell has acquired the largest producer of renewable natural gas (RNG) in Europe, its ...

Spending on low-carbon projects will increase by $60 billion this year, 10 percent higher than 2022, led by wind developments but helped by a significant rise in funding for hydrogen and carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS) infrastructure, Rystad Energy research shows. The growth in total spending is a slowdown from recent years – which averaged 20 percent annual increases ...

The Federal Government has sent an investigative team to investigate the leakage on Shell’s Trans Niger pipeline. Shell Petroleum Development Company confirmed the leak on its Trans Niger Pipeline, following an illegal connection in Nonwa-Uedume community axis in Tai Local Government Area of Rivers State. The pipeline was said to be an illegal connection used by refiners to steal crude ...

The authorities of the Tai Local Government Area of Rivers State, have said they have uncovered a pipeline used by illegal refiners to steal crude oil in Nonwa-Uedume community of the state. The Executive Chairman of Tai LGA of the state, Mbakpone Okpe, disclosed this while speaking to journalists. Okpe said the discovery of the illegal pipeline on a facility ...

An environmental expert, Mr Gafar Odubote, has tasked Nigerians on adaptation and adoption of renewable energy to address climate change effects. Odubote, the Network Coordinator, Let’s Do It World (LDIW) Africa Region, an environmental non-profit organisation, made the call, in Lagos. Odubote said the fight against climate change should go beyond mitigation to engaging in adaptation. “We can actively address ...

Shell, an international energy company, has accepted to pay €15 million compensation to three Nigerian farmers and their villages in Niger Delta. The farmers with the help of the Friends of the Earth, Netherlands, and two Nigerian lawyers, Chima Williams and Channa Samkalden, had in 2007 initiated legal proceedings in Hague, for oil pollution in Goi, Oruma and Ikot Ada ...