Talks to avert a strike between a leading white collar union and Chevron Nigeria Ltd. have collapsed, a union official said Friday. “The talks collapsed completely,” Jonathan Omare, secretary of the Chevron Corp. (CVX) unit of the Petroleum and Natural … read more
Oil firms operating off Nigeria need tougher security measures like floating blast-proof barriers to prevent the sort of attack that crippled Royal Dutch Shell’s main offshore facility, security experts say. Militants in speedboats attacked Shell’s Bonga field 120 km (75 … read more
An outbreak of polio has hit northern Nigeria again and started spreading into neighbouring countries, the United Nations health agency says, warning of a potential international outbreak on the scale of the one that struck 20 countries between 2003 and … read more
Oil production at an oil installation off the Nigerian coast remains halted because staff are suffering from shock after a militant attack, officials say. The attack on the Royal Dutch Shell facility stopped about 10% of Nigeria’s oil production. Shell … read more
Nigeria’s most active armed group Saturday urged foreign workers to leave oil facilities in the volatile Niger Delta, warning of fresh unrest following a government crackdown on the militants. “In order to avoid being caught in a cross-fire, we are … read more
Nigerian militants have blown up an oil pipeline near US corporation Chevron’s Escravos oilfields, the Nigerian military says. Chevron said the attack prompted it to shut down onshore oil production. The loss equates to about 120,000 barrels per day, about … read more
Out of sight, out of mind and out of risk, was Shell’s strategy in shifting the focus of its Nigerian exploration activity offshore in the Gulf of Guinea. But a gang of thugs in high-powered speedboats has just wrecked the … read more
(Reuters) – Nigeria’s senior oil workers’ union PENGASSAN said on Thursday it will resume talks with Chevron Corp after the government intervened late on Wednesday to avert an imminent strike. “Since the government has created a platform to continue talks, … read more
Niger Delta militants on Thursday made good their threat to resume attacks on oil workers and facilities by hitting the multi-million dollar Bonga and Pennington oil fields of the Shell Petroleum Development Company. Three oil workers, including an American, were … read more
The Rivers State Truth and Reconciliation ommission sitting in Port-Harcourt relocated to Abuja during the week to take evidence from at least four of the prominent citizens of the state over the myriad of criminal allegations leveled against them by … read more