Tag: Shell
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Shell spent N41.1bn on projects in Niger Delta in 13 years, says Spokesman
The Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) on Wednesday said it had disbursed N41.1 billion to fund 37 cluster development projects in Delta, Bayelsa, Rivers and Abia states in 13 years. Mr Igo Weli, the SPDC General Manager, External Relations disclosed this at the “Kou General Memoradum of Understanding (GMoU) Cluster Development Board Livelihood Programme Graduation…
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Niger Delta Crisis: We cannot relocate to Warri owing to insecurity – Shell
The Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria (SPDC) on Tuesday said that the relocation of its operational headquarters to Warri, Delta State is impossible due to the subsisting insecurity in the area and other places in the Niger Delta region of the country. The Royal Dutch company canvassed this position in a memorandum as well…
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Ijaw youths agitate over $13.5bn Zabazaba Deepwater Project
Ijaw youths under the aegis of the Ijaw Youth Council (IYC), worldwide have expressed concerned over delays in the signing of the Final Investment Decision (FID) for the $13.5 billion Zabazaba Deepwater Project. TheNewsGuru (TNG) reports spokesman of the Council, Daniel Dasimaka, in a statement, expressed displeasure of the IYC on Thursday in Yenagoa, capital…
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Bonga oil spill: Victims urge FG to prevail on Shell to pay $3.6bn fine
Artisanal fishermen in the Niger Delta, affected by the Dec. 2011 Bonga oil spill, have urged the Federal Government to compel Shell to pay the $3.6 billion fine for the spill. Rev Samuel Ayadi, Coordinator, Niger Delta zone, Artisanal Fishermen Association of Nigeria, made the call in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria…
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Shell’s oil spill pollutes over 113 hectares in Bayelsa
Leakage from an oilfield operated by Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) at Aghoro community in Bayelsa has discharged some 1,114 barrels of crude oil into the environment. The leakage has adversely affected the fishing vocation of residents who had withdrawn from fishing to pave way for clean up. The resulting oil spill impacted and polluted…
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JTF, Shell deny coercing Bayelsa community to endorse spill report
The Joint Task Force (JTF) in the Niger Delta and oil major, Shell on Monday denied allegations of coercing the leadership of Aghoro 1 community in Bayelsa to sign a disputed report on oil spillage. A disagreement in the areas impacted by an oil leak on the Trans Ramos Pipeline within Shell’s oilfield at Aghoro…
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Shell, Bayelsa community disagree on spill impact
A disagreement in the areas impacted by an oil leak on the Trans Ramos Pipeline within Shell’s oilfield at Aghoro communities in Bayelsa has stalled a joint investigation of the spill. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the leak , which occurred on May 17, 2018 discharged a yet to be ascertained volume of…
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Poisonous gas from SPDC ruptured pipe poses health risks in Delta state
Poisonous gas purportedly from Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) ruptured gas pipeline is presently wreaking havoc in Odimodi, a federated community in Burutu one constituency of Delta state. TheNewsGuru gathers Odimodi federated communities have been devastated by oil pollution allegedly occasioned by SPDC pipeline leakage causing emission of poisonous gas into the air. Today, at…
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Malabu Scandal: Trial of nine Shell, Eni executives commences June 20
The trial of nine current and former executives or contractors from Italy’s Eni and British-Dutch giant Royal Dutch Shell, including ENI Chief Executive Claudio Descalzi, over a 1.3 billion dollars oil deal in Nigeria, will begin in Milan on June 20. According to a Reuters review of court filings on Monday, the nine executives, were…
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US technology frightens mono-economies – Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday during a joint press conference with President Donald Trump in Washington has said the advancement of the United States in terms of technology is frightening to mono-economies. TheNewsGuru reports President Buhari who was on a 3-day working visit to the US said the threat is majorly for nations, especially those…