Sentences with phrase «oil spillage»
"Oil spillage" refers to a situation where oil is accidentally released and spreads in the environment, such as on land or in water bodies. Full definition
ABUJA — President Muhammadu Buhari, yesterday, in Nairobi, Kenya, said that non-clean up of oil spillages in the Niger Delta especially in Ogoniland, was responsible for the militancy the region witnessed in times past.
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«The devastation caused by oil spillage has destroyed many lives and livelihoods and is clearly one of the reasons many people in that region lost faith in government and resorted to the many criminal activities we are seeing in the region today.
The case of the current oil spillage in Burutu Local Government Area of Delta State should not be given graveyard silence, less the Government may be inviting the wrath of the people.»
But due to legal guidelines that fail to define diluted bitumen — the substance that inundated Mayflower — as oil, the corporation may not be required to contribute to the federal government's oil spillage cleanup fund — making their donations pocket change in comparison to the cost of contributing to the cleanup fund.
President Muhammadu Buhari earlier in the day equally reaffirmed his administration's steadfast commitment to the implementation of the United Nations Environmental Programme's recommendations for the clean - up of Ogoniland and other parts of the Niger Delta which have been damaged by crude oil spillage.
On pipeline vandalism, he said, «The Centre condemns in its entirety the recurring incidence of pipeline vandalism and the attendant oil spillages being carried out by unscrupulous economic saboteurs.
NAN also recalls that the oil producing areas of Akwa Ibom State had witnessed over three major oil spillages from ExxonMobil facility in 2016.
He decried the nonchalant attitude of the oil giant towards the community as regards oil spillage and other environmental hazards from the company.
The Mobil Producing Nigeria declared force majeure on oil spillage occurring from its facility off shore (Qua Iboe Terminal) on July 22, 2016.
President Muhammadu Buhari has received knocks for his decision to cancel his trip to Ogoniland to flag off the cleaning up of the area after series of oil spillages that had degraded the environment.
«The devastation caused by oil spillage has destroyed many lives and livelihoods and is clearly one of the reasons why many people in that region lost faith in Government and resorted to the many criminal activities we are seeing in the region today.
Buhari's visit is also a pointer to the struggle of late environmental activist, Ken Saro Wiwa who was known to be at the fore front of challenging the excesses of the oil spillage stemming from the activities of the oil firms in the region.
The oil spillage which has spanned years have left the Ogoni community and its immediate environs utterly polluted.
He said one particular success story is Shell Nigeria's # 55 million ($ 84m) settlement to 15,600 farmers and fishermen in Bodo in Nigeria who suffered because of shell's oil spillage.
«Apart from the disruption of normal oil flow across the pipelines and loss in revenue, this economic crime has on many occasions resulted in deadly fire and oil spillage that have claimed many lives and damage to the environment in several communities.
The broad objectives of the Council will include, developing sustainable solutions to the farmers — herdsmen clashes; Climate Change and Desertification and their impact on farmland; grazing areas and lakes, rivers and other water bodies; oil spillage and its impact on Niger Delta Fishing Communities; piracy and banditry; agricultural research institutions and extension services and the problem of smuggling.
Others are oil spillage and its impact on Niger Delta fishing communities, piracy and banditry, agricultural research institutions, extension services and the menace of smuggling.
Udofia said the community observed the oil spillage on the shoreline (Eastern part of Ibeno) on Wednesday.
Three communities in the Niger Delta region, Abacheke, Ugada and Etwkuru, all of Egbema in Ohaji / Egbema Local Government Area of Imo State, have lamented shortage of food due to the devastation of their farmlands by oil spillages.
And one more failure: the car never saw the temporary sign warning of an oil spillage.
Examples of this plan include a no touch policy through to the construction of a snorkelling and diving pontoon which is powered by dry cell batteries rather than a generator which eliminates noise pollution, fumes and the possibility of a fuel and oil spillage.