Tag:Oil Field

Oil & Gas

Court declines to stop Petroleum minister, others from allocating oil field

The Federal High Court in Abuja has refused to grant an application seeking to stop Mr. Heineken Lokpobiri, Minister of State for Petroleum Resources...

Michael Simire - December 29, 2025

Disaster Risk Management

NOSDRA says fire at Eroton’s oil fields in Rivers contained

The National Oil Spills Detection and Response Agency (NOSDRA) says the fire incident at two oil wells operated by Eroton Exploration and Production Limited...

Michael Simire - October 6, 2022

Cover

Bayelsa community halts oil exploration at Shell’s oilfield, sacks workers

Some residents of Opukushi in Ekeremor Local Government Area of Bayelsa State have disrupted oil exploration at an oilfield operated by Shell Petroleum Development...

Michael Simire - January 12, 2022

Pollution

Nnimmo Bassey: Dialogue in the oil field

The noise from gas furnaces burning across the Niger Delta make it impossible for parents to whisper to their children. Whispering may sound conspiratorial,...

Michael Simire - April 20, 2021

Disaster Risk Management

Explosions damage crude, gas pipelines at Shell, Agip oil fields in Bayelsa

Unidentified persons on Monday, November 23, 2020 attacked oil facilities operated by Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) and Nigerian Agip Oil Company (NAOC) at...

Michael Simire - November 24, 2020