A devastating oil blowout has grounded fishing occupation at over 10 oil communities in Gbaramatu Kingdom, Warri South-West Local Government Area in Delta State.
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Bennett Oghifo
An environment group, Health of Mother Earth Foundation (HOMEF), has alerted the nation that the fire which broke out at an oil well in Ondo State in May last year is still raging and has become a threat to the community’s environment.
A statement by the group said, “Eight months after, the fire outbreak which occurred on the Ororo-1 Well in Chevron’s operated Oil Mining Lease (OML) 95 in Ondo State following a blowout from Grace-1 HWU, a Hydraulic Work over rig, is still burning.”
The public was earlier made to believe that the fire eruption which happened in May 2020 had been stopped after some months, HOEF said in its statement. “However, community contacts and a report by Africa Oil + Gas Report affirm that the fire has continued to burn at the time of this Alert.
Conoil set to acquire two oil blocks from Chevron
Conoil is close to acquiring the oil major’s stake in both OMLs 86 and 88.
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Nigerian petroleum marketing company, Conoil, may soon acquire oil giant Chevron‘s stake in two Nigerian oil blocks.
Conoil is close to acquiring the U.S. oil major’s stake in both OMLs 86 and 88, S&P Global Platts reported Thursday, quoting a Chevron spokesperson.
While the OML 86 has six fields with only two producing at very low levels, OML 88 is a shallow water block with two producing fields and significant gas reserves.
Both blocks, with a combined potential of 60 million barrels in oil reserves, are located in the Niger Delta.
Bayelsa spill not from our operations ― Chevron
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By Samuel Oyadongha, Yenagoa
Chevron Nigeria Limited (CNL) has insisted that the reported leaks near Funiwa offshore facilities off the Atlantic coast of Bayelsa State was not from its facilities and pledged to support regulators in tracing the source.
Fishermen in the area had on Sunday reported an oil leak suspected to be from the Funiwa oilfields. But the operator of the field, Chevron denied responsibility for the leakage.
Chevron, First Exploration and Production (First E& P) and Conoil Producing Limited have operations near the spill location.
The National Oil Spills Detection and Response Agency (NOSDRA) it was learned had summoned all the oil firms operating in the shallow waters near Koluama in Bayelsa in a bid to identify the source of the leaks which had polluted the area.