Conoil’s 30,000 Bpd Flowstation In Bayelsa Shut Over Expired MoU

A crude production flow station operated by Conoil Production at
Ango field in Koluama, Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of
Bayelsa, has been shut by the host community.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the oil workers at
the onshore facility connecting oil wells within the swamps and
creeks at Koluama were escorted out of the area by speedboats by
armed security men.

The aggrieved members of the community had besieged the facility
and told the oil workers to shut the facility and leave the site of
the 30,000 barrels per day capacity flow station.

Chief Young Fabby, a Community leader in Koluama 1, a rural
settlement along the Atlantic coast, told NAN on Tuesday that the
facility was shut to protest the oil firm’s insensitivity to its
social obligations to the people.

He said the aggrieved community shut operations at the flow
station on Monday and sacked oil workers deployed to run the oil
facility following Conoil’s failure to renew the Memorandum of
Understanding (MOU) which expired in 2020.

“The Koluama clan was compelled to take the action following the
refusal of the oil company to dialogue on several outstanding
issues amongst which is the MoU which expired for more than one
year.

“All entreaties through established channels have been
rebuffed.

“Secretary of Koluama kingdom Oil/Gas Committee, Jonathan
Amabebe, had drawn attention to the refusal of Conoil and this is
regrettable,” Fabby said.

Mr Abiodun Azeez, the Media Relations Manager at Conoil,
declined to respond to enquiries by NAN.

All efforts to get the reaction of the oil firm by e-mail, short
message services and telephone calls also remained unanswered.

However, Mrs Christiana Abiakam-Omanu, the Commandant of Nigeria
Security and civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in the state, confirmed
the development.

Abiakam-Omanu told NAN that members of Conoil’s host communities
were at the oilfield to protest, but that only the operator of the
field (Conoil) could confirm if it was shut or not. (NAN)

A crude production flow station operated by Conoil Production at
Ango field in Koluama, Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of
Bayelsa, has been shut by the host community.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the oil workers at
the onshore facility connecting oil wells within the swamps and
creeks at Koluama were escorted out of the area by speedboats by
armed security men.

The aggrieved members of the community had besieged the facility
and told the oil workers to shut the facility and leave the site of
the 30,000 barrels per day capacity flow station.

Chief Young Fabby, a Community leader in Koluama 1, a rural
settlement along the Atlantic coast, told NAN on Tuesday that the
facility was shut to protest the oil firm’s insensitivity to its
social obligations to the people.

He said the aggrieved community shut operations at the flow
station on Monday and sacked oil workers deployed to run the oil
facility following Conoil’s failure to renew the Memorandum of
Understanding (MOU) which expired in 2020.

“The Koluama clan was compelled to take the action following the
refusal of the oil company to dialogue on several outstanding
issues amongst which is the MoU which expired for more than one
year.

“All entreaties through established channels have been
rebuffed.

“Secretary of Koluama kingdom Oil/Gas Committee, Jonathan
Amabebe, had drawn attention to the refusal of Conoil and this is
regrettable,” Fabby said.

Mr Abiodun Azeez, the Media Relations Manager at Conoil,
declined to respond to enquiries by NAN.

All efforts to get the reaction of the oil firm by e-mail, short
message services and telephone calls also remained unanswered.

However, Mrs Christiana Abiakam-Omanu, the Commandant of Nigeria
Security and civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in the state, confirmed
the development.

Abiakam-Omanu told NAN that members of Conoil’s host communities
were at the oilfield to protest, but that only the operator of the
field (Conoil) could confirm if it was shut or not. (NAN)