By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa Eni, the Italian parent company to Nigerian Agip Oil Company (NAOC) says it has fixed the breached of the 24-inch gas line at Okaka in Yenagoa which crippled its gas export. The incident on the gas pipeline operated by its Nigerian unit, NAOC, cut gas export …
Read More »NOSDRA Visits Well Leak at Aiteo Field, Reports Facility Still Discharging Crude
By David Amous – Owei, Yenagoa The National Oil Spills Detection and Response Agency (NOSDRA) on Thursday said the oil spill reported from an oil well within Oil Mining Lease (OML) 29 is yet to abate, according to feedback from officials deployed to the site. Mr Idris Musa, director-general of …
Read More »NOSDRA Subjects Shell’s Okordia-Rumuekpe Pipeline to Third-Party Examination
The National Oil Spills Detection and Response Agency (NOSDRA) says it has subjected a section of the 14″ Okordia-Rumuekpe pipeline to third-pary examination in a bid to resolve the dispute on the cause of a November 12, 2019 leak at Shell’s oilfields in Bayelsa State. Shell Petroleum Development Company of …
Read More »Delayed Response to Leak At Taylor Creek Oilfields Due to Security Concerns ~ Agip
The Nigerian Agip Oil Company (NAOC) on Wednesday explained that it responded within 24 hours after a pipeline blast by vandals at its Taylor Creek oilfields in August 2019 and shut the facility to curtail further degradation of the environment. The explanation is coming on the heels of outcry that …
Read More »Environmentalists Express Mixed Feelings on NOSDRA’s New Emphasis on Downstream Sector
By Amos Odeh, Yenagoa Some Environmentalists in Niger Delta on Thursday expressed mixed reactions on the announcement by the National Oil Spills Detection and Response Agency (NOSDRA) that it would extend its regulatory mandate to the downstream sector. NOSDRA director-general, Mr Idris Musa, said on Wednesday that the agency is …
Read More »Dead Fishes on N/Delta Coastline Traced to Discharge Toxic Wastes ~ NOSDRA
By Amos Okioma, Yenagoa The National Oil Spills Detection and Response Agency (NOSDRA) on Thursday said findings on the dead fishes littering the Atlantic coastline indicated high levels of toxicity caused by toxic wastes discharge. The agency noted that the discharge of toxic materials into the Atlantic may have come …
Read More »Ex-Bayelsa Commissioner Urges NOSDRA to Probe Pollution of Coastline
Mr Iniruo Wills, ex-Environment commissioner in Bayelsa State on Thursday called on oil industry regulators to priorities investigation of increased toxicity of Atlantic coastline causing massive death of fishes. Wills made the call in an interview in Yenagoa in a reaction to dead fishes littering the coastline across Delta, Bayelsa …
Read More »Chevron, Host Communities Differ on Cause of Massive Death of Fishes off Bayelsa Coast
Chevron Nigeria Limited (CNL) has held divergent views with members of its host communities in Bayelsa State on the cause of dead fishes littering the Atlantic coastline near the oil firm’s operations area. Residents along Koluama, Ekeni, Ezetu, Fishtown, Foropa, Sangana axis of the Atlantic coastline in Bayelsa, hosts to …
Read More »Environmentalist Seeks Probe into Cause of Dead Fishes on Bayelsa Shoreline
A renowned Environmentalist, Rev Nnimmo Bassey, has urged governments and oil industry regulators to investigate the cause of dead fishes littering the Atlantic coastline in Delta and Bayelsa states. Bassey who made the call in a reaction to reports of massive death of fish by coastline residents noted that the …
Read More »Environmentalist Berates Agip’s Response to Oil Leak at Brass Export Terminal
By Amos Okioma, Yenagoa Rev Nnimmo Bassey, an Environmental Rights crusader on Tuesday condemned the response by Nigerian Agip Oil Company (NAOC) to the February 3 oil leak at its oilfields in Brass, Bayelsa. The pipeline explosion on a line feeding the oil export facility discharged crude into the environment …
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