Nembe Oil Spill

November 27, (THEWILL) - Some environmentalists have expressed concerns about the biosafety and toxicity of dispersants, used to mop up oil spills from offshore waters which support fishes and marine creatures. The concerns are coming as International Oil Companies (IOCs),...

August 27, (THEWILL) - Governor of Bayelsa State, Senator Douye Diri, has vowed that he will not spill blood to retain his office ahead of the November 11 governorship election in the state. Governor Diri made the vow at Ogbolomabiri...

March 13, (THEWILL) - The Bayelsa State Government, on Monday, insisted that the perpetrators of the February 15 dastardly attack on Opu-Nembe in Nembe Local Government Area of the state, which left no fewer than four people dead, must...

December 26, (THEWILL) - Concerned groups, including environmental rights groups and ethnic youth leaders have commended an indigenous oil giant, AITEO, over fresh evidence absolving it from any faults in the recent oil spill from a non-producing well head...

December 13, (THEWILL) - Bayelsa State Governor Douye Diri, on Monday, expressed his surprise over the silence of the House of Representatives on the recent oil spill in the Nembe local government area of the state. The massive spillage, which occurred...

December 08, (THEWILL) - The Executive Director of Programs, African Centre for Justice and Human Rights, Miss Chinomso Nduka Edede, has commended Aiteo’s technical ingenuity for successfully stopping the leak on its Santa Barbara wellhead in Nembe, Bayelsa state. Aiteo had...

December 08, (THEWILL) - Aiteo Eastern Exploration and Production Company (AEEPCO), operator of the NNPC/Aìteo Joint Venture on OML 29, has successfully shut down the leak on its Santa Barbara wellhead in Nembe, Bayelsa state. The company had in a...

December 05, (THEWILL) - Relative calm is gradually returning to the troubled communities in the Nembe Local Government Area of Bayelsa State, following the recent oil leakage from an idle non-producing oil well located in the Santa Barbara South field...

November 26, (THEWILL) - Aiteo Eastern Exploration and Production Company (AEEPCO), operator of the NNPC / Aìteo Joint Venture on OML 29, has reached an advanced stage to cap the broken wellhead at its Santa Barbara, Southwest field, in...

November 25, (THEWILL) - The Federal Government has announced plans to institute stiffer punishments for companies involved in oil spillage in the country. Minister of State for Environment, Sharon Ikeazor, disclosed this to State House correspondents on Thursday at the...