Chief Roman Orukali, Paramount Ruler, Kalaba Community, Bayelsa State
To my understanding, the current form of the PIB is not in anyway, in favour of the owners of the Crude oil. By removing the 10% in the initial PIB, it means they are denying us of our rights. There have been several oil spills that occurred at the wellheads and along the pipelines. And […]
Moses Seleowei, Ikarama Community, Bayelsa State
My name is Moses Seleowei, from Ikarama community and by the grace of God; our community is host to the Shell Petroleum Development Company [SPDC] and the Nigeria Agip Oil Company [NAOC]. One of the main reasons we are not pleased with the current form of the PIB is the idea of removing the 10% […]
Group Raises Alarm Over Underwater Gas Leakage From Agip Oil Field In Bayelsa
Sahara Reporters On Monday, the Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria (ERA/FoEN) raised an alarm over an underwater gas leak from an oil field being operated by Nigerian Agip Oil Company (NAOC) in Kalaba, Bayelsa State. On Monday, the Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria (ERA/FoEN) raised an alarm over an underwater gas […]
Shell conceals spill from facility
Highlight: Spill has spread to impact Keme-Ebiama and other communities downstream. Location: From Ogboinbiri axis, Southern Ijaw local Government Area, Bayelsa State. Occupation: Fishing and farming are the means of livelihood of the people. Report by: Alagoa Morris INTRODUCTION: When information reached ERA/FoEN that the people of Keme-Ebiama were experiencing a major oil spill and […]
Minister’s Unannounced visit to Agip Base in Bayelsa a Mere Publicity Stunt
Location: Nigerian Agip Oil Company [NAOC] Base, Twon-Brass, Brass local government area. Report by: Alagoa Morris INTRODUCTION: Agip has several facilities in Bayelsa State. They include oil wells, pipelines, manifolds and flowstations. Most of the crude oil from the company’s swamp area are channeled to Twon- Brass, a community on the fringes of the Atlantic […]
Again Shell’s Okordia Manifold Spews Crude Oil Into the Environment.
Location: Okordia Manifold at Ikarama, Yenagoa Local Government Area, Bayelsa State. Report by: Alagoa Morris The occurrence of oil spills in Ikarama community environment every now and then cannot be over emphasized. The spills from facilities belonging to Shell Petroleum Development Company [SPDC] and Nigerian Agip Oil Company [NAOC] happens either within the immediate […]
Enugu communities apprehensive about planned resuscitation of moribund coal mines
Location: Okpara, Onyeama, Iva Valley, Ogbete in Enugu North and South Local Government Areas of Enugu State. Dates of Visit: 10th and 11th February 2014 Report by: Philip Jakpor & Akinola Tosin BACKGROUND Coal generated lots of revenue for Nigeria between the years 1916 and 1970 when it was one of Nigeria’s major revenue earners. […]
Shell’s Bonga spill reaches two communities in Ekeremor
Reports of further spread of the slick from Shell’s Bonga facility to more communities necessitated a visit by ERA/FoEN field monitors to two of the affected communities in Ekeremor Local Government Area of Bayelsa State, along the Dodo River. The communities are Bilabiri and Amatu. The Dodo River empties into the Atlantic Ocean and the […]
Shell’s Bonga spill spreads to Odioama
Location: Odioama Community, Brass Local Government Area of Bayelsa State Date of Visit: 26 December 2011 By Alagoa Morris INTRODUCTION Following an alert from fisherfolks in Odioma community on the discovery of oil slick suspected to be from Shell’s Bonga Field, ERA/FoEN monitors visited the Atlantic shoreline in the company of some of the […]