Anambra Oil: SEEPCO Gets Six Months Deadline To Conduct EIA On OML143 Fields
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Sterling Oil Exploration & Energy Production Company Limited (SEEPCO), the company exploring petroleum products in OML 143 Oil Field in two communities in Anambra State, Southeast Nigeria has six months to conduct and conclude Environmental Impact
Assessment (EIA) on its activities in Ameshi and Enyie fields.
Specifically, the exercise (Dry and Wet Season data gathering) must be conducted between December 2020 and May 2021 while the company is mandated to make full disclosure of the status of the Amesti and Enyie oil
Specifically, the exercise (Dry and Wet Season data gathering) must be conducted between December 2020 and May 2021 while the company is mandated to make full disclosure of the status of the Amesti and Enyie oil
fields at the end of the activities.
There had been an outcry by people of Ogwuikpele and Oguaniocha communities in Ogbaru Local Government Area of Anambra State where the oil company operates, over the negative impact of its drilling activities on their environment
There had been an outcry by people of Ogwuikpele and Oguaniocha communities in Ogbaru Local Government Area of Anambra State where the oil company operates, over the negative impact of its drilling activities on their environment
and livelihood.
At a stakeholders’ meeting held on Friday, November 6, Willie Obiano, Governor of Anambra State said the company was engaging in authorised exploration which was destroying the environment and breeding militancy.
At a stakeholders’ meeting held on Friday, November 6, Willie Obiano, Governor of Anambra State said the company was engaging in authorised exploration which was destroying the environment and breeding militancy.
Obiano urged the Nigerian Government to call the company to order.
The communiqué issued at the end of the stakeholders’ meeting also resolved that the “Stop Work Order” earlier slammed on SEEPCO by the Federal Ministry of Environment be fully lifted in view of the economic
The communiqué issued at the end of the stakeholders’ meeting also resolved that the “Stop Work Order” earlier slammed on SEEPCO by the Federal Ministry of Environment be fully lifted in view of the economic
loss accruing from the suspension of the proposed project.
The communiqué was signed by representatives of Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR), Nigeria Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA), Chief of Defence Staff, Anambra State Government, SEEPCO, Federal Ministry of
The communiqué was signed by representatives of Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR), Nigeria Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA), Chief of Defence Staff, Anambra State Government, SEEPCO, Federal Ministry of
Environment (FME) and Ministry of Mines and Steel Development.
It said there should be increased mutual co-existence and continuous consultations between the Anambra State Government and SEEPCO throughout the life span of the project.
It said there should be increased mutual co-existence and continuous consultations between the Anambra State Government and SEEPCO throughout the life span of the project.
The communiqué recalled that Federal Ministry of Environment received a petition in February 2020 from the Office of the Governor of Anambra State on the alleged oil drilling activities by SEEPCO at Ogwu-lkpele and Ogwu-Aniocha communities in Ogbaru LGA of 
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