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Statement by Hon. Crenston Buffonge The Government of Montserrat is pleased to announce that sand mining in the Upper Belham Valley in Zone V can now formally…
Prof. Olawuyi Damilola Olawuyi is a Professor of Law and Director, Institute for Oil, Gas, Energy, Environment and Sustainable Development (OGEES Institute), Afe Babalola University, Ado Ekiti, Nigeria. He is also Vice-Chair, International Law Association. In this interview with KINGSLEY JEREMIAH, the Senior Advocate of Nigeria raised concerns about the continuous environmental challenges resulting from oil exploration in the Niger Delta region and proposes better ways of resolving them. What is your assessment of the environmental concerns in the Niger Delta region? ENVIRONMENTAL problems in...
“What would you do if someone dumped nine Olympic swimming pools of oil into your community?” This is the question that is splayed across Amnesty International’s webpage on the Niger Delta oil spills. As it turns out, since 2011, Shell alone has reported 1,010 spills, with 110,535 barrels or 17.5 million litres dumped into water bodies in the Niger Delta—a conservative number, as the Nigerian government and other experts have estimated it to be even more. As this data is from 2018, the numbers do not consider the spills that have occurred since then or before then, including the infam...
“What would you do if someone dumped nine Olympic swimming pools of oil into your community?” This is the question that is splayed across Amnesty International’s webpage on the Niger Delta oil spills. As it turns out, since 2011, Shell alone has reported 1,010 spills, with 110,535 barrels or 17.5 million litres dumped into water bodies in the Niger Delta—a conservative number, as the Nigerian government and other experts have estimated it to be even more. As this data is from 2018, the numbers do not consider the spills that have occurred since then or before then, including the infam...
Daily Post Nigeria Published The Federal Government have reportedly approved the commencement of the pilot deployment of Fibergrate Reinforced Plastic (FRP) technology in Nigerian Oil and Gas production companies. A report indicated that the approval for the commencement of the pilot deployment of the new technology was given in a letter signed by Engr. Musa J.G, for Director/CEO, Department of Petroleum Resources. It was gathered that the letter, which granted the approval for deployment of the FRP for a one-year pilot test, was issued a few days ago. The letter titles – “Approval to Dep...