LAGOS JANUARY 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)- Twenty-two members of the academia from 12 Nigerian universities have begun research attachments at The Shell Petroleum Development Companies of Nigeria (SPDC) in several fields of study in the latest phase of the sabbatical and internship programme of the SPDC Joint Venture which was introduced in 1980. The number represents 13…
LAGOS DECEMBER 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-In 13 years of deep-water exploration, the Bonga vessel of the Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company (SNEPCo) has produced over 800 million barrels of crude oil, confirming the company as a pacesetter in offshore oil and gas production in the Gulf of Guinea. In its review of the performance of the…
LAGOS DECEMBER 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited (SPDC) has emerged the Local Content Operator of the Year 2018 at the Annual Oil Industry Achievement Awards Dinner of the Petroleum Technology Association of Nigeria (PETAN,) an association of indigenous technical oilfield service companies in the upstream and downstream sectors. This marks the…
By Amos Okioma LAGOS NOVEMBER 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company (SNEPCO) operator of the Bonga oil field says the court judgment on the $3.6bn fine for the Dec.20, 2011 oil spill is not binding on it. Shell had approached the courts to challenge the powers of National Oil Spills Detection and Response…
Shell Nigeria Gas has re-trained 30 firefighters in Abia State and donated firefighting equipment to the state fire service. This intervention was triggered by two recent fire disasters in the state which resulted in deaths and loss of property worth millions of naira. Over 150 shops in the timber and furniture section of the Nkwo…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited (SPDC) says out of the over N41billion disbursed for community projects in Niger Delta, about N15billion went to Rivers State under the Global Memorandum of Understanding. “Between 2006 and end of 2017, a total of N14.86 billion has been invested by the SPDC Joint…
By Amos Okioma LAGOS NOVEMBER 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) on Monday decried the high rate of vandalism on its pipeline network at its oilfields in Bayelsa resulting to oil leaks and pollution of the environment. Mr Bamidele Odugbesan, the Media Relations Manager at SPDC said that the oil firm regrets incessant spills and…
LAGOS OCTOBER 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) has challenged the committal order of a High Court of Rivers State on Tuesday sentencing the company’s Managing Director and two other senior officers of the company to prison for three months for disobeying a court order. “We do not accept that SPDC has disobeyed any…