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NIGER DELTA

News and stories about Niger Delta

The Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Ltd has recorded a total of 400 incidents of crude oil theft in the past one week.
Nigerian oil company Aiteo has halted all production at oil mining lease (OML) 29 after detecting an oil leak at its Nembe swamp facility, its Managing Director said. 
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) Limited has signed a significant deal with a North American firm, Golar LNG, to float Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) offshore in Niger Delta region.
The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) says it will inaugurate 92 infrastructure projects valued at over N84 billion across five states in the next two weeks. 
The NNPCL has announced the arrest of a tugboat loaded with an unspecified quantity of illegally refined Automative Gas Oil (Diesel) along the coastal area of Rivers state on April 1, 2024.
The Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) has asked President Bola Tinubu to deploy more troops to the Niger Delta in a bid to combat the menace of crude oil theft and boost the country’s foreign reserve.
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Ltd (NNPCL) has recorded about 136 incidents of crude oil theft between the 16th and 22nd of March 2024.  
Shell should not be allowed to divest from the Niger delta until it takes responsibility for cleaning up its toxic legacy of pollution.
The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) crude oil production maintained a steady production last month with Nigeria boosting output by an extra 50,000 bpd, a survey by Bloomberg report. 
Between September 30 and October 6, 128 crude oil theft incidents were recorded across the oil-producing areas of the Niger Delta.
The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) has urged the Federal Government to leverage homegrown technology to address the refining challenges in Nigeria's petroleum industry.
Shell has responded to the lawsuit filed against it in a London High Court, arguing that oil spills in the Niger Delta are a result of illegal refining