The Renaissance Africa Energy Company Limited has confirmed oil leak from its facility in Ikata, Rivers State.
Renaissance Africa Energy is a consortium of five Nigerian oil and gas companies that acquired Shell’s onshore assets in Nigeria.
Its Spokesman, Mr. Michael Adande, said in a statement on Tuesday, May 6, 2025, that the company had shut crude feed into the 14-inch Okordia-Rumuekpe Pipeline.
Adande said that the move was to isolate and discontinue production into the pipeline in order to minimise potential environmental impacts.
He further said that Renaissance was working with regulators to convene a Joint Investigative Visit (JIV) to the impacted site.
JIV is a statutory probe that follows reported oil spill incidents by the operator, regulators and host communities to ascertain the cause, volume and impacts.
By Nathan Nwakamma