Pollution: Efforts to remediate, restore polluted areas in the N/Delta marred by third-party induced oil spills – NOSDRAÂ
March 23, 2022 The National Oil Spill Detection and Response Agency (NOSDRA) on Wednesday decried the rate of environmental pollution caused by artisanal refineries, oil theft and vandalism. Mr. Musa…
Ukpokiti Oil Field explosion: Company confirms 3 Crew Members Alive, One Dead Body Found
Feb. 6, 2022 The management of Shebah Exploration & Production Company Ltd (SEPCOL) in Receivership has confirmed one yet to be identified person dead after an oil vessel explosion in…
Ukpokiti Oil Field explosion: Will the Niger Delta ever catch a break?
Feb. 6, 2022 About three weeks ago, we published an article about the soot crisis in Port Harcourt, the capital of Rivers State, Nigeria, and how the activities of multinational…
Nembe oil spill: Bayelsa govt. renders JIV inconclusive
Dec. 27, 2021 …Faults Aiteo, regulators on sabotage claim The Bayelsa Government Technical Committee on the Nov. 5 oil leak at Oil Mining Lease (OML) 29 in Nembe has faulted…
Indigenous participation in the Upstream space nascent – Aiteo
Dec. 10, 2021 …Says intensifying clean up of Nembe oil spill Aiteo Eastern Exploration and Production Company says it is intensifying clean up from the Nembe oil spill after the…
FG Begins Review of NOSDRA framework to mete stiffer penalties for oil spillage
Nov. 25, 2021 … Deploys personnel, equipment to begin recovery, remediation efforts handled by NOSDRA The Federal Government has begun the process of reviewing the National Oil Spillage Detection and…
OML 29 well leak: Impacted communities raise alarm over air toxicity after death of toddler in suspected methane gas poisoning
Nov. 19, 2021 The people of Nembe Basamri in Bayelsa on Thursday expressed concern over the air toxicity following prolonged exposure to gas and crude oil leaks from a nearby…
Nembe oil spill: Well still discharging crude, hampering investigations at incident site – NOSDRA
Nov. 14, 2021 The National Oil Spills Detection and Response Agency (NOSDRA) on Sunday said that the Nov. 5 oil spill which occurred at an oil well within Oil Mining…
Environmental group reports oil spill at Ogboinbiri Bayelsa coastal community
Oct. 20, 2021 An oil leak has been reported at an oilfield operated by the Nigerian Agip Oil Company (NAOC) around Ogboinbiri in the Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of…
Nigeria records 4,919 oil spills in 6 years, 4.5trn barrels lost to theft in 4 years – minister
July 6, 2021 Dr Mohammad Abubakar, Minister of Environment, on Monday, disclosed that Nigeria recorded 4,919 oil spills between 2015 to March 2021 and lost 4.5 trillion barrels of oil…