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Mobil Begins Clean Up of Oil Spill in Nigeria’s Niger Delta Area
Mobil Producing Nigeria (MPN) has started the clean up of the Atlantic shoreline after the December 4 crude oil leak from the Qua Iboe Oil fields which it operates in the Niger Delta. The oil firm had reported a leak on the pipeline on December 4, which...
Nigeria’s Crude Production Expected to Hit 3m Barrels Per Day By 2010
The Nigerian government has said that the success of the amnesty granted to militant group members in the restive Niger Delta would make it possible for the production of three million barrels of crude oil per day from next year. The country’s Attorney-General...
European Union to Launch Gas, Renewable Energy Project in Nigeria
The European Union (EU) is to launch a 2.3 million Euro project in Nigeria on the sustainable utilization of gas and renewable energy resources. The Information Officer of the Delegation of the European Commission to Nigeria, Mr Kelechi Onyemaobi, told...
Nigeria Earns $2b Revenue From Oil in Three Months
The new Director in charge of Nigeria’s Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR), Billy Aghah, says Nigeria earned N312 billion (about US$2 billion) from oil between July and September this year. Aghah told journalists on Thursday in Lagos that Nigeria’s...
Group Petitions United Nations on Abuse of Women in Niger Delta Region
Journalists for Niger Delta (JODEL), a media group concerned with the affairs of Nigeria’s oil and gas region, have joined emerging global pressure groups, to protest against the rising sexual assault on women and young girls in the region. The group...
Delta State Communities Call for a Probe Into Environmental Impact Assessment Fund
Some of the oil producing communities in Delta State, south-eastern Nigeria, under the auspices of the Ndokwa Youth Congress (NYC) have called for a probe into how the $2 million Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) fund for host communities in the region...
