There are looming concerns in the upstream segment of the nation’s oil and gas industry except for the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) taking proactive
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The Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria (ERA/FoEN) has urged ExxonMobil Producing Nigeria Unlimited to comply with the Federal High Court judgment, which ordered it to pay communities in Ibeno Council of Akwa Ibom State N81.9 billion compensation for oil spills.
In the ruling, the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, gave ExxonMobil and the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) 14 days to pay N81.9 billion to the impacted communities.
The affected communities had sued ExxonMobil and NNPC, demanding compensation for oil spills that destroyed their rivers, streams and other sources of livelihoods.
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