The number of casualties after an oil product pipeline explosion in Nigeria has reached 200 as people from local communities have gathered to protest the negligence of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation which, they allege to be the reason for the explosion. The pipeline exploded after it caught fire near the Aba Depot last week.
Nigeria: Militia group Says has Halted attacks On Oil Facilities to give way for peace Talks
A Nigerian militant group, which has claimed responsibility for a series of attacks on oil and gas facilities in the southern Niger Delta energy hub in the last few months, said on Monday that it had halted hostilities. The statement by the Niger Delta Avengers comes just over a week after the militant group said
Three Nigerian Companies, One Australian Selected as Competent for Uganda Oil Exploration licensing round
Uganda has picked three Nigerian companies and one from Australia for its oil exploration licensing round, inviting them to negotiate for production sharing agreements, it said on Monday. It announced its first competitive bidding round for six exploration blocks, covering a total of 3,000 square kilometres (1,150 square miles), in February 2015. Bidding documents were
Angola Announce Discovery of New Oil and Natural gas Well, Find totals to 813 million barrels of oil equivalent
Angola’s state-run oil giant Sonangol, recently taken over by the president’s daughter, has announced a gas discovery in the offshore Kwanza Basin that could hold 813 million barrels of oil equivalent, news agencies report. The discovery is in Block 20/11 and BP Plc holds an interest in this block along with the Angolan state company.
Oil and the environment: Nigeria President Promises to Clean Oil spills in Niger delta During Kenya Visit
Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari pledged to clean up Ogoniland and other parts of the Nation’s Oil rich Niger Delta, vastly damaged by frequent crude oil spills. Buhari made the pledge during a maiden visit at the United Nations office in Kenyan Capital Nairobi in Conclusion of his three day state visit to East African Nation.
Pipeline explosion kills 12 in Nigeria’s oil rich ‘Niger delta’
A crude oil pipeline belonging to Eni SPA, an Italian multinational Oil and gas company in the Nigerian oil rich Niger delta exploded, killing 12 workers on site. The men were part of a maintenance team, including security and environment officials, carrying out repairs on Thursday afternoon on the Tebidaba-Clough Creek line near the town of Azuzuama