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4. AKATA MICHAEL BIBOEBI
(Suing for themselves and on behalf of all the members of Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria,Chevron Branch) CLAIMANTS
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Facts
On 22nd September, 2020, the Defendant had invited the 2nd, 3rd and 4th Claimants and other members of the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN, Chevron Branch) to a meeting. Thereat, the Defendant intimated the Claimants of its intention to embark on a staff reduction exercise, owing to the low global oil prices and the effect of Covid-19, and therefore, invited the Claimants to apply for new positions with the Defendant. Shortly after the meeting, the Managing Director of the Defendant and some Management Committee rolled out a redundancy project for its workers.
Admittedly, these claims by the Dutch oil giant are verifiable facts but may not be the only explanation. Their clarification notwithstanding, there are indeed reasons that qualify such happening in Nigeria’s oil and gas industry as a reality that demands holistic analysis.
Taming Nigeriaâs Oil spillages and gas flaring Scourge
By Jerome-Mario Utomi Listen to article
The recent news report that the Okordia-Rumekpe 14-inch crude truck line operated by Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) discharged some 213 barrels of crude oil into Ikarama community in Bayelsa, has again brought to our consciousness that though Nigeria prides itself as the giant of Africa and the most populous black nation in the world, yet, it is still riddled with third world challenges.
Essentially, while clarifying that an estimated 1.34 hectares of land was polluted by the leakage which followed a rupture on the pipeline, SPDC among other things confirmed that probe into the incident had been concluded, Noting that out of the 213 barrels of SPDC’s bonny light crude stream leak, some 110 barrels are recoverable from the ongoing recovery exercise at the site, leaving an estimated spilled volume at 109.12 barrels.
“What would you do if someone dumped nine Olympic swimming pools of oil into your community?”
This is the question that is splayed across Amnesty International’s webpage on the Niger Delta oil spills. As it turns out, since 2011, Shell alone has reported 1,010 spills, with 110,535 barrels or 17.5 million litres dumped into water bodies in the Niger Delta a conservative number, as the Nigerian government and other experts have estimated it to be even more. As this data is from 2018, the numbers do not consider the spills that have occurred since then or before then, including the infamous Ogoniland spills.
Ironically, on Earth Day this year, April 22, the tabloids carried stories of the finalisation of the Joint Investigative report of the Shell-owned Okordia-Rumuekpe 14-inch trunk line which had spilled 213 barrels- over 33, 000 liters- of crude oil on April 7 into the Ikarama community. According to the report, the spill had polluted 1.34 hectares of land, at least two footb