The Nigerian Agip Oil Company (NAOC) on Thursday said the Nov. 20 explosion at its oil field in Bayelsa would adversely impact crude export to the tune of 30,000 barrels daily. The incident has put the cumulative production shut-in at 180,000 at the field pending when the breached pipelines are fixed. The News Agency of […]

A Daf tanker loaded with 45,000 litres of petrol exploded on Saturday at World Oil Filling Station after Kara Bridge along Lagos/Ibadan Expressway, claiming two lives and destroying 23 vehicles. The fallen tanker resulted in fire explosion, following the trail of the spilt petrol which affected 23 other vehicles parked close to the scene Lagos […]

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation said in a statement on Tuesday an explosion hit its Oil Mining Lease 40 field with no casualties or significant spill, though production will be cut by about 10,000 barrels per day.

The  Police Command  in Lagos State has said that no life was lost to the  accident which involved two tankers laden with Petrol and a container that occurred on Otedola Bridge, along the  Lagos/Ibadan Expressway in the early hours of Saturday. The command’s  Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), SP Olumuyiwa Adejobi   in a statement released […]

By Paul Olayemi Another explosion has occurred along the Warri – Benin highway barely few months after about 20 persons  were reportedly burnt to death in an explosion from a tanker at a collapsed portion of the Benin-Sapele Highway. This time, the cause of the accident was attributed to a  gas truck, that fell into […]