The Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited (SPDC) and Nigerian Agip Oil Company Limited (NAOC) have faulted Amnesty International’s (AI’s) oil spill report against them. While SPDC described the Continue Reading
Nigeria’s long-awaited Petroleum Industry Governance Bill (PIGB) will be signed into law by President Muhammadu Buhari towards the end of March, legislators hope, according to Reuters . The OPEC nation Continue Reading
In a groundbreaking research project, Amnesty International has accused Shell and Eni of gross negligence and irresponsible approach to oil spills in the Niger Delta, thereby exacerbating environmental crisis in Continue Reading
Amnesty International on Friday accused international oil majors Shell and Eni of negligence when addressing spills in Nigeria. Describing their actions as “serious negligence”, Amnesty said the companies were “taking Continue Reading
Abuja — The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu, wednesday in Abuja, said the idea of modular refineries in the Niger Delta was not designed to address Continue Reading
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation hinted yesterday that overhaul projects of the nation’s ailing refineries will commence in the second quarter of 2018. According to Reuters, the chief operating officer Continue Reading
West Africa’s biggest fuel consumer Nigeria will start reducing the sulfur levels allowed in fuel imports in July 2018, a year after a July 2017 deadline it had initially pledged Continue Reading
The recent judgment by the UK Appeal Court on the dispute between Shell and two Niger Delta communities underscores the need for people of the environmentally-polluted region to seek redress Continue Reading
The Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI), the agency tasked with cleaning up Nigeria’s murky oil industry, has said even though financial accountability has improved, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Continue Reading
A recent revelation by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation that it spent N774 million daily to subsidise petrol consumed in the country was a confirmation of Nigeria’s return to the Continue Reading
