ENVIRONMENT

Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria (SPDC) on Tuesday confirmed an oil leak at its facility in Ekeremor Local Government Area of Bayelsa. Mr Bamidele Odugbesan, its Media Relations Manager, said in a statement the spill, which discharged a yet to be ascertained volume of crude into the environment, occurred on June 15. Odugbesan dismissed claims by residents that the ...

Royal Dutch Shell Plc may have dump it’s move to insist that the law suit against it over oil spillage must be heard in UK court.. Shell’s legal team declined to return to England’s High Court with arguments that the five-year-old case would be better heard in Nigeria, according to the parties in the case, conceding that the Nigerian subsidiary ...

As the oil and gas industry moves into transition for zero net emission, the Energy Institute has said the majority of UK workers plan to train for net zero in the coming year, but concerns persist on cost, timing, and availability of courses. The Energy Institute has said the majority of UK workers plan to train for net zero in ...

Environmentalists on Monday called for an end to the frequent oil leaks at the Nigeria Agip Oil Company (NAOC) oil fields in Tein community, Biseni, in Yenagoa Local Government Area of Bayelsa. The environmentalists, under the auspices of Environment Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria (ERA/FoEN), made the call in its field report signed by Mr Alagoa Morris, the group’s ...

As the Senate prepares for passage of the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) today, the leadership of Host Communities of Nigeria Producing Oil and Gas (HOSTCOM) has warned that giving legislative seal to the proposed law without consideration for their demanded 10 per cent shareholding would amount to exercise in futility. HOSTCOM President, High Chief Benjamin Style Tamaranebi, reiterated that the ...

The Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered the Mobil Producing Nigeria Unlimited and the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) to pay the oil communities in Ibeno Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State a cumulative damages of N81.9 billion over oil spillage. Justice Taiwo Taiwo, in a judgment debt, ordered that the payment must be paid within 14 days, ...

………..by Ben Ndubuwa…… There is strong indications that a couple of European countries are setting aside huge amount of money for the establishment a new energy concept called Energy Transition Zones (ETZ) The rush for green energy development is being orchestrated by the move to shift European economy away from reliance on oil and gas as Scottish government has taken ...

………insist on Safety Measures for all Petroleum Products ……… Following the gas explosion accident that claimed five lives and 24 vehicles at OPIC Plaza, Ikeja, Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) has instructed all trucks conveying gases to ensure their trucks are road worthy before embarking on any journey. This was contained in a preliminary report by the agency. It ...

………..by James Ikenna……….. The Chevron has said it spent over N3.5 billion in sixteen years since 2005 to eight community clusters in Southern Ijaw and Brass Local Government Areas in Bayelsa. General Manager, Policy, Government and Public Affairs, Chevron Nigeria Limited (CNL), Mr Esimaje Brinkinn, stated this, while delivering a goodwill message at the 2020 Annual General Meeting of KEFFES ...

Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria (SPDC) says it has so far recorded 51 leaks from its oil production activities in the Niger Delta in 2021. According to data obtained from the oil firm on Tuesday, June 15, 2021, 44 of the spill incidents were traced to sabotage by vandals. The firm said that seven of the leaks were caused ...