The GbaramatuVoice was established in 2015 as a monthly tabloid published by the Gbaramatu Publishing Company Limited. It hit the newsstand first on August 2015. The newspaper’s sole objective is to bring to public glare what the management saw at the cradle of its formation as information gap and asymmetrical reportage of the activities and people of the Niger Delta.
By Ebi Perekeme Chevron Nigeria Limited (CNL), operator of the joint venture between the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation and CNL is aware of a report in the media and some communities about an alleged oil spill from Abiteye, Makaraba and Utonana Fields in CNL’s western area of operations, Warri South West Local Government Area of
By Our Correspondent Hundreds of people from oil rich Kokodiagbene Community in Gbaramatu kingdom, Warri South West Local Government Area is currently staging a peaceful protest at Otuana Flowstation following the massive oil spill reported from Chevron’s 16′ Makaraba-Utunana-Abiteye trunk line. The protesters, comprising fishermen, youths, women and farmers affected by the spill, carried placards,
By Enaibo Asiayei Star Deepwater Petroleum Limited, a company belonging to Chevron Nigeria Limited, also an operator of the Agbami field, alongside other parties in the Agbami field have donated a model block of classrooms to Government college, Ughelli, Delta state. The other parties in the Agbami field are the – Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation
By Ebi Perekeme The 2,500 barrels per day modular refinery being established at Egbokor, Edo State, South South Nigeria, by Duport Midstream Company Limited in partnership with the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) will be ready for commissioning in the last quarter of this year. The Executive Secretary of NCDMB, Simbi Kesiye Wabote,
By Our Correspondent The people of Egbema kingdom in Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni Local Government Area of Rivers State have given a seventy-two-hour ultimatum to Nigerian Agip Oil Company to implement its 1999 Memorandum of Understanding, MoU, or face the anger of the communities. This was one of the highlights of a town hall meeting of the Egbema
By Our Correspondent Controversy over transparency of the marginal fields 2020 bid round processes has worsened the confidence of participants following alleged hijack by money bags determined to acquire some of the fields offered by the Department of Petroleum Resources ( DPR). According to the 2020 guideline, a marginal field is any field that has
The federal government may consider selling the Port Harcourt refinery after the planned rehabilitation which is put at the cost of $1.5 billion, Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva has revealed. Speaking on Sunday diring Channels Television programme ‘Politics Today’, the Minister who was responding to questions on why the federal government
By GbaramatuVoice Editorial Board The refusal by Senator (Dr.) Ifeanyi Okowa’s led Delta State Government to respond promptly or lead in the effort to rehabilitate the people of Polobubo/Opuama Communities in Warri North Local Government Area, ravaged by oil spill from pipeline facility managed by the NPDC/ELCRES, in the early hours of Sunday, March
By Our Correspondent A Milan court yesterday acquitted energy companies, Eni and Royal Dutch Shell, along with some of their past and present managers, including Eni Chief Executive, Claudio Descalzi, in one of the oil industry’s biggest corruption scandals. The judgment read out in court by Judge Marco Tremolada, came more than three years after
By Our Correspondent The house of representatives has directed its committee on petroleum (upstream) to investigate an alleged failure of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) to address the challenges confronting the Warri refinery. The decision of the house followed a motion moved by Ben Igbakpa, lawmaker representing Ethiope federal constituency, during plenary session on
By Our Correspondent The Federal Government has approved the sum of $1.5bn for the rehabilitation of the Port Harcourt Refinery. The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva, stated this while briefing newsmen at the end of the Federal Executive Council, FEC, meeting presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari at the Council Chamber, Presidential
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation has said it has completed the looping of the Escravos-Lagos Pipeline System with a capacity to add 2.2 billion standard cubic feet of gas into the market. The Group Managing Director, NNPC, Mele Kyari, disclosed this on Thursday at the virtual international conference of the Nigerian Gas Association. Kyari, who
By Our Correspondent Oil giant, Chevron Nigeria Limited (CNL), has described as untrue, claims of oil spill in its Abiteye and Utonana fields around Benikrukru communities in Warri South West Local Government Area of Delta State. Chevron is the operator of the joint venture between the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, (NNPC) (NNPC/CNL JV). GbaramatuVoice investigations
By Ebi Perekeme Fresh oil spills suspected to emanate from American oil giant facility – Chevron Nigeria Limited have hit more than 15 communities situated on the Benikrukru river in Warri South West Local Government Area of Delta state. Benikrukru Community is host to Chevron Abiteye Flowstation in Warri South-West Local Government Area of the
The United Kingdom’s Supreme Court has ruled that oil-polluted Nigerian communities can sue Royal Dutch Shell in English courts after years of oil spills in the Niger Delta polluted land, wells and groundwater. The court ruled on Fridany that two Nigerian communities, of more than 50,000 people combined, can bring their legal claims for clean-up and compensation against
By Ebi Perekeme The Delta State Government has presented its position on the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) before the National Assembly where it sought for legislation that will give more participation to host communities in the nation’s oil and gas industry. State Commissioner for Oil and Gas, Prince Emman Amgbaduba, made the presentation at the
By Our Correspondent The Ijaw Youths Council (IYC), yesterday, condemned the Federal Government for cancelling Oil Prospecting Licences (OPL) 2001, 2002 and 2003 awarded to companies owned by Niger Delta indigenes in spite of a court order restraining it from carrying out such action. Speaking through its National Chairman on Strategy, Planning and Program, Comrade
…Say over 20 years of existence, nothing good has come out of NDDC By Ebi Perekeme Host Communities of oil producing states have called on the federal government to scrap the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). The communities recommended a new commission in place of the NDDC to be called Host Communities Development Commission. They
By Ebi Perekeme Chevron Nigeria Limited (CNL), operator of the joint venture between the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and CNL (the NNPC/CNL JV), has debunked claims of oil spill in its facility in Bayelsa State. Some fishermen on Sunday alleged that oil spill happened at Funiwa oilfield operated by CNL Koluama, Southern Ijaw Local
By Ebi Perekeme Loadings of Nigeria’s key export grade Forcados are on force majeure due to the shutdown of the Trans Forcados pipeline, terminal operator Shell said late January 14. The force majeure took effect from 1000 local time (0900 GMT) on January 14, a Shell spokesperson said. A representative at Heritage said the Trans
The Nigerian billionaire acquired from Shell, Total and ENI the ownership of 45% of a producing oil block in the Niger Delta. With the blessing of the Nigerian authorities, who want to develop domestic companies. Will a new private oil giant emerge in Nigeria? Already active, through various companies, in exploration-production and oil services, the
By Ebi Perekeme Crude oil spill has reportedly occured at Funiwa oilfield operated by Chevron Nigeria Limited (CNL) in Koluama, Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of Bayelsa State. Fishermen operating in the shallow waters of the Atlantic Ocean near Bayelsa coastline on Sunday reported the leak from the oilfield. The fishermen said they noticed crude
By Our Correspondent With the recent shortlisting of 161 indigenous companies to advance to the next and final stage of the bid round process for 57 marginal oilfields in the country, the Nigerian oil and gas industry is expected to witness tremendous growth in no distant time. The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) made this
Employees of the Anglo-Dutch oil company Shell appear to be involved in causing oil spills in Niger Delta, Nigeria in a bid to rake in cash for cleaning up. An investigation set to air on Dutch television found according to multiple witnesses “that SPDC, a subsidiary of Shell, caused the oil leaks” in the oil-rich
By Our Correspondent Host communities of the Niger Delta have demanded ownership and control of the trust funds proposed in the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) for the development of oil-bearing areas. The communities also demanded an increase in the contribution of 2.5 percent of the Operating Expenditure (OPEX) of companies to 5 percent even though
Rick Kennedy Becomes New Chairman and Managing Director, Chevron Nigeria Limited By Ebi Perekeme Chevron Nigeria Limited (CNL), operator of the joint venture between the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and CNL (the NNPC/CNL JV), has announced the appointment of Mr. Richard (Rick) Kennedy to the position of Chairman and Managing Director, effective November 1,
By Joshua Williams The people of Okpoama Community in Brass Local Government Area of Bayelsa State have reported an oil spillage at an oilfield operated by Nigeria Agip Oil Company (NAOC). A community spokesman said the pollution was causing untold hardships to the predominantly fishing population in the community. The spokesman, Chief Inikio Sele-Dede, who
—Tasks Oil Coys to Respect MoUs —We are happy with Otuaro –Communities By Ebi Perekeme Deputy Governor of Delta State, Deacon Kingsley Burutu Otuaro, Monday, secured agreement to shelve planned shutdown of Forcados South Bank flow station by Ogulagha community in Burutu Burutu Local Government Area. In a statement by Bulou Kosin, Senior Special Assistant
Leaders of Ijaw communities in the Niger Delta region have restated their demand for the stoppage of the recently launched bidding processes for the allocation of oil licenses by the federal government. They described the bidding process without addressing the concerns of the affected people of the oil-rich states as insensitive. They also vowed to institute legal
By Ebi Perekeme The Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) has threatened to shut down oil and gas operations should the Federal Government fail to pay their salaries by Friday. The senior oil workers, who gathered at the Petroleum Training Institute (PTI) Effurun in Delta, had begun a peaceful protest on
By Ebi Perekeme Chevron Nigeria Limited has said it will slash its workforce by 25 percent as it is reviewing its manpower requirements in the light of the changing business environment. CNL disclosed this on Friday in a statement entitled ‘Chevron Nigeria Limited reviews workforce in accordance with business exigencies’. The oil major said it
By Joshua Williams The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Hon. Timipre Sylva has said the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) will not be scrapped but commercialised if the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) is passed into law. Sylva, who spoke with newsmen on Monday evening after a closed-door meeting with the leadership of the National
By Ebi Perekeme The management of Chevron Nigeria Limited has insisted that it did not lay off 175 of its employees, rather one of our independent contractors did. The company also stated that it has engaged the leaders of the Nigerian Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers, NUPENG, on a possible resolution with the
…We need $4bn to ameliorate destructions on Ijaw land By Ebi Perekeme Even as Nigerians celebrate the decision of President Muhammadu Buhari led government on the commencement of the Ajaokuta–Kaduna–Kano (AKK) Pipeline Project, the Ijaw National Congress and Bayelsa Center in United States, has kicked against the project. This is coming even as the group
By Ebi Perekeme Sequel to the federal government mandate on strategic industrial development and economic diversification agenda in Nigeria, stakeholders in the nation economy have demanded that the Ajaokuta-Kaduna-Kano (AKK) pipeline project must be completed in 18 month. The stakeholders also called on the federal government to expedite the realization of the full AKK project
