Tag Archives: Oil Firms

An environmentalist, Dr Nnimmo Bassey, has urged oil firms in the Niger Delta to clean up polluted onshore sites before moving their activities offshore. Participants at the Oil Field Dialogues Bassey made the call in Yenegoa, Bayelsa State, on Friday, June 4, 2021 at an oilfield dialogue with the theme, “Building Community Resilience against Fossils Extraction.” The event, which was ...

The new Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) before the National Assembly is proposing the revocation of licenses for oil and gas companies who neglect their obligations to the host communities. Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva The bill revealed that the power to revoke the licenses is vested on the Minister of Petroleum Resources. According to the bill, ...