Nigeria Starts Crude Oil Production in Lagos

• Wednesday, 4th May 2016
• by Egypt Oil & Gas

A Nigerian firm had its first oil production from an offshore field in the commercial city of Lagos, which is the first output outside the country’s oil hub in the Niger delta, Vanguard reported. The company, Yinka Fo...

Shell Nigeria Intensifies Oil Spill Recovery Efforts at Forcados

• Monday, 22nd February 2016
• by Egypt Oil & Gas

The Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited (SPDC) is intensifying efforts to recover from oil spill at the Forcados Terminal export pipeline that occurred on 14th February, World Stage informed. SPDC, ...

Pipeline Vandalism in the Niger Delta Costs $14b

• Wednesday, 11th November 2015
• by Egypt Oil & Gas

Pipeline vandalism in the Niger delta costs the state and oil companies $14b a year and devastated up to 52,000 hectares of land in 2014, according to new estimates by a leading Nigerian research and development group...

Amnesty Slams Shell and Nigerian Authorities over Niger Delta Clean-up

• Tuesday, 3rd November 2015
• by Egypt Oil & Gas

Amnesty International has accused Royal Dutch Shell’s of making false claims concerning its spills clean-up in Nigeria, even citing a contractor who says the clean-up itself was a cover-up, reported ABC News. In...

Shell Reaches Settlement over Nigeria Oil Spill

• Wednesday, 7th January 2015
• by Egypt Oil & Gas

Oil major Royal Dutch Shell has agreed to a $84m settlement with residents of the Bodo community in the Niger Delta for two oil spills. Lawyers for 15,600 Nigerian fishermen say their clients will receive $3,300 each ...