Tag:National Oil Spill Detection and Response Agency (NOSDRA)

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Bayelsa community laments as Conoil spill leaves trail of dead fish

Three months after an oil spill that occurred from a facility operated by the Consolidated Oil and Gas Nigeria Limited (Conoil) in Sangana Community,...

Michael Simire - January 3, 2021

Pollution

NOSDRA underscores need for contingency plan to respond to oil spills

The Director-General, National Oil Spill Detection and Response Agency (NOSDRA), Mr Idris Musa, has underscored the need for a good contingency plan to effectively...

Michael Simire - December 21, 2020

Pollution

NOSDRA sanctions Conoil, confirms fresh leak from firm’s field in Bayelsa

The National Oil Spills Detection and Response Agency (NOSDRA) on Wednesday, December 2, 2020 said it has detected a leak from an under sea...

Michael Simire - December 2, 2020

Health

NOSDRA subjects Shell’s ‘leaking’ pipeline to third-party examination

The National Oil Spills Detection and Response Agency (NOSDRA) says it has subjected a section of the 14″ Okordia-Rumuekpe pipeline to third-party examination to...

Michael Simire - October 23, 2020

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Why we side with victims of Shell’s Bayelsa oil spill, by group

Comrade Alagoa Morris, Head, Bayelsa Office of the Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria (ERA/FoEN) at a media session themed: “Resisting Regulatory Capture” on...

Michael Simire - October 22, 2020

Pollution

Govt hands over Ogoni remediation sites to NOSDRA for scientific analysis

The Federal Government says it has handed over some of the oil spill impacted sites in Ogoniland to the National Oil Spill Detection and...

Michael Simire - September 27, 2020

Pollution

Shell dismisses Angiama 45,000 barrel oil spill report as NOSDRA admits error

The Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited (SPDC) has dismissed a report that it spilled 45,000 barrels of oil from an incident at...

Michael Simire - September 7, 2020

Pollution

45 barrels not 45,000 barrels leaked from Bayelsa oil field – NOSDRA

The National Oil Spills Detection and Response Agency (NOSDRA) on Monday, September 7, 2020 confirmed that 45 barrels and not 45,000 barrels of crude...

Michael Simire - September 7, 2020

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