Nigeria May Lose 20,000bpd as Protesters Storm Otumara Flow Station in Delta thisdaylive.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from thisdaylive.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
But to avert a disruption of production of 20,000bpd at the flow station, officials of NUPRC and SPDC were said to be at the facility to pacify the protesters, who started their showdown on Wednesday and have gained entry into the facility on Friday, as well as ask for more time to address the demand.
PIA: Delta Commissioner urges protesting communities to dialogue over implementation vanguardngr.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from vanguardngr.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Three communities have threatened to shut down a flow station operated by Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) at Otumara in Delta State, South-South Nigeria, over their non-inclusion in the Petroleum Industry Act (PIA). People from the three communities identified as Ugborodo, Ugboegugun and Deghele, operating under the aegis of Otumara Host Community Trust (OHCT) on Wednesday occupied the SPDC flow station to protest against the refusal of the firm to negotiate the implementation of the Act.
Nigeria's oil industry may lose 20,000 barrels of petroleum crude per day any moment from now as palpable tension grips the Otumara Flow Station operated by Shell Petroleum Development Company.