Tag:Nigeria Agip Oil Company (NAOC)

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Indigenous contractors resist divestment, threaten to seize all Agip facilities over debts

Indigenous contractors to Nigerian Agip Oil Company (NAOC) have kicked against the ongoing acquisition of the company by Oando and threatened to occupy all...

Michael Simire - October 10, 2023

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Again, Agip gas pipeline in Bayelsa vandalised, set ablaze

Barely one week after it was attacked by vandals on March 29, 2022, the 24-inch Ogboinbiri/OB-OB gas pipeline has been vandalised and set ablaze. The...

admin - April 7, 2022

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Agip, host community disagree on response to oil spill

The People of Lasukugbene Community in Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of Bayelsa State have disagreed with the Nigerian Agip Oil Company (NAOC) over...

admin - March 29, 2022

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Bayelsa residents block Reps Committee members from Agip spill site

Residents of Biseni clan in Yenagoa Local Government Area of Bayelsa State on Thursday, April 16, 2021 blocked members of the House of Representative...

Michael Simire - April 16, 2021

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Environmentalists, residents lament indiscriminate gas burning, leaks from Agip’s facility in Bayelsa

Environmentalists and residents on Wednesday, February 24, 2021 raised concerns over the dangers faced by residents near the Ogboinbiri Oilfield operated by Nigeria Agip...

Michael Simire - February 24, 2021

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Fresh oil spill reported from Agip’s Ogboinbiri Well 7 in Bayelsa

Still smarting from an extensive crude oil spill that polluted their swamps and river around May/June 2020, residents of Ogboinbiri community in Apoi Clan...

Michael Simire - December 13, 2020

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Third oil spill in six months pollutes Okpoama communities in Bayelsa

Another oil leak, the third in six months, has discharged a yet-to-be-ascertained volume of crude oil polluting the Okpoama community and its environs in...

Michael Simire - November 2, 2020

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