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Residents report fresh oil leak from Aiteo’s OML 29 in Nembe

Residents of Nembe in Bayelsa State have reported fresh oil leak, months after the Nov. 5 spill at Oil Mining Lease (OML) 29. OML 29,...
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Richard Steiner: Why Nembe must catalyse new paradigm of oil responsibility in Nigeria

The recent catastrophic oil and gas blowout at Nembe, Bayelsa State, again tragically highlights the continuing failures of oil management in Nigeria. The Nembe blowout...
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Nembe oil spill: Bayelsa faults Aiteo, regulators on sabotage claim

The Bayelsa Government Technical Committee on the November 5 oil leak at Oil Mining Lease (OML) 29 in Nembe on Sunday, December 26, 2021...
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Regulators, Bayelsa disagree on cause of Nembe oil spill

The regulatory agencies investigating the Nov. 5 oil spill at Oil Mining Lease (OML) 29 at Nembe in Bayelsa State on Thursday, December 23,...
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Joint investigation into Aiteo’s spill site in Nembe resumes on Wednesday

Investigations into the cause of the November 5 spill at Oil Mining Lease (OML) 29 in Nembe Local Government Area of Bayelsa will resume...
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Nembe spill: Investigation stalled as Aiteo allegedly bars Bayelsa Committee from JIV

Joint Investigative Visit (JIV) into the cause and volume of spill from the leak at Oil Mining Lease (OML) 29 suffered a setback following...
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Nembe oil leak: Govt urged to declare spillage humanitarian disaster

The Federal Government of Nigeria has been called upon to commission an independent investigation to unravel the causes and consequences of the OML29 oil...
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Bayelsa constitutes 11-man technical committee on Nembe oil spill

The Bayelsa State Government on Wednesday, December 15, 2021, constituted a technical committee on the recent oil spill at the OML 29 which polluted...
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