Tag:Oil spill

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Major spill imminent as Philippine oil tanker sinks near Manila

Amid heavy rains brought by Bagyong Carina (Typhoon Gaemi), MT Terra Nova, a Philippine-flagged tanker, on Wednesday, July 24, 2024, capsized and sank in...

Michael Simire - July 25, 2024

Pollution

Oil spill: Aiteo shuts OML 29 field in Bayelsa

Aiteo Eastern Exploration and Production Company (AEEPCO), operator of the Oil Mining Lease (OML) 29, on Wednesday, June 19, 2024, announced the shutting of...

Michael Simire - June 19, 2024

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Why govt should put on hold resumption of oil exploration in Ogoniland – Groups

Concerned about what it considers as the neglect of key issues around ecological and social justice amid plans to resume oil exploration activities in...

Michael Simire - May 20, 2024

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3,000 barrels of crude oil lost to Nov. 15 offshore oil spill – NOSDRA

About 3,000 barrels of crude oil were lost to the Nov. 15 oil spill from the offshore Egina Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO)...

Michael Simire - November 26, 2023

Pollution

Group urges Shell to clamp leaking pipeline in Bayelsa creek

The Environmental Rights Action/ Friends of the Earth Nigeria (ERA/FoEN) has called on Shell to immediately clamp its leaking condensate pipeline located at Ekuraba...

Michael Simire - October 5, 2023

Pollution

Two months after, Rivers communities’ spills yet to be cleaned up

The Niger Delta remains one of the most polluted places in the world no thanks to the recurring oil spills which have continued regularly...

Michael Simire - August 25, 2023

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Spill averted as UN removes 1m barrels of oil from decaying Yemeni tanker

A UN-led operation to remove over one million barrels of crude oil from a rusting supertanker off Yemen safely concluded on Friday, August 11,...

Michael Simire - August 15, 2023

Pollution

Oil spill: Rivers Assembly orders immediate clean-up of impacted communities

Rivers State House of Assembly has ordered Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) to commence immediate clean-up and remediation of some communities recently impacted by...

Michael Simire - August 3, 2023

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