Nigeria: 15 Years After, Host Communities of OML-25 Set Tough Conditions for Oil Resumption

— Insist Belemaoil Must Manage Facility Operations

Fifteen years after it was shut down, host communities of Oil Mining Lease (OML) 25 in Kula Kingdom, Akuku-Toru Local Government Area of Rivers State, have issued stringent conditions for the resumption of oil production, insisting on a binding agreement with the new operator.

Following Shell’s divestment of the oil asset to Renaissance Africa Energy Holdings, the communities–Kula, Belema, Offoin-Ama, and Ngeje–have demanded that the new…