Tag:Oil spill

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Fish, food scarcity loom in Niger Delta, warn environmentalists

The Akwa Ibom Oil Producing Community Development Network (AKIPCON) has expressed concerns over an impending fish scarcity in the Niger Delta, owing to environmental...

Michael Simire - September 8, 2024

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Major spill imminent as Philippine oil tanker sinks near Manila

Amid heavy rains brought by Bagyong Carina (Typhoon Gaemi), MT Terra Nova, a Philippine-flagged tanker, on Wednesday, July 24, 2024, capsized and sank in...

Michael Simire - July 25, 2024

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Oil spill: Aiteo shuts OML 29 field in Bayelsa

Aiteo Eastern Exploration and Production Company (AEEPCO), operator of the Oil Mining Lease (OML) 29, on Wednesday, June 19, 2024, announced the shutting of...

Michael Simire - June 19, 2024

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Why govt should put on hold resumption of oil exploration in Ogoniland – Groups

Concerned about what it considers as the neglect of key issues around ecological and social justice amid plans to resume oil exploration activities in...

Michael Simire - May 20, 2024

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3,000 barrels of crude oil lost to Nov. 15 offshore oil spill – NOSDRA

About 3,000 barrels of crude oil were lost to the Nov. 15 oil spill from the offshore Egina Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO)...

Michael Simire - November 26, 2023

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Group urges Shell to clamp leaking pipeline in Bayelsa creek

The Environmental Rights Action/ Friends of the Earth Nigeria (ERA/FoEN) has called on Shell to immediately clamp its leaking condensate pipeline located at Ekuraba...

Michael Simire - October 5, 2023

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