Nigeria/UK: “Historic moment” as community devastated by Shell oil spills have final chance for justice

Nigeria/UK: “Historic moment” as community devastated by Shell oil spills have final chance for justice

Ahead of Thursday’s start of the trial of Renaissance, an oil company to which Shell recently sold its stake in onshore oil extraction in Nigeria, for the damage caused by oil spills which impacted a large area of land belonging to the Bodo Community in the Niger Delta, Isa Sanusi, Amnesty International Nigeria Director said: “Almost two decades since oil spills by Shell’s then-Nigerian subsidiary SPDC devastated huge swathes of mangrove habitat…

Nigeria's Renaissance halts oil output via pipeline after spill

Nigeria's Renaissance Africa Energy Company has halted oil shipments via its Okordia-Rumuekpe pipeline in the coastal Rivers state following a spill, the independent oil firm said on Tuesday.

Renaissance halts oil pipeline flow in Nigeria after damaging spill

Nigeria’s Renaissance Africa Energy Co. Ltd has suspended crude oil transport through its Okordia-Rumuekpe pipeline after a spill in Rivers State. The spill, detected early Monday in Ikata community, Ahoada East, was first reported by volunteers from the Youths and Environmental Advocacy Centre (YEAC-Nigeria). The affected pipeline channels crude to the Rumuekpe manifold, a key route for export through the Bonny terminal on Nigeria’s southern co…

Renaissance confirms oil leak, shuts crude feed into facility - EnviroNews - latest environment news, climate change, renewable energy

The Renaissance Africa Energy Company Limited has confirmed oil leak from its facility in Ikata, Rivers State. Oil spill at Ogboinbiri community in Bayelsa State Renaissance Africa Energy is a consortium of five Nigerian oil and gas companies that acquired Shell’s onshore assets in Nigeria. Its Spokesman, Mr. Michael Adande, said in a statement on Tuesday, May 6, 2025, that the company had shut crude feed into the 14-inch Okordia-Rumuekpe Pipel…