There have been mixed reactions to Monday’s claim by the Rivers State Government that it had acquired 45 percent interest in Oil Mining Licence 11 (OML 11) belonging to Shell Petroleum Development Company Limited in Ejamah Ebubu in Eleme Local Government Area and other parts of Ogoniland. Governor Nyesom Wike had in a broadcast to…
Takeover Operation of OML 11 From Shell, Buhari Tells NNPC
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, is to take over the operatorship of the entire Oil Mining Lease, OML, 11 from Shell Petroleum Development Company, SPDC. The directive was given by President Muhammadu Buhari via a letter to the Group Managing Director, NNPC, signed by the Chief of Staff to the President, Abba Kyari. The letter…