Oil Communities Urge Action On Ageing Pipelines, Environmental Risks

Oil-producing communities in Bayelsa State have called on oil companies and relevant authorities to address the environmental risks posed by ageing pipelines, abandoned wellheads and continued gas flaring, warning that these hazards could threaten livelihoods and damage the environment.
The call was made on Saturday at a stakeholders’ meeting organised by Pipeline Infrastructure Nigeria Limited (PINL) in Yenagoa, where industry representatives and community leaders discussed pipeline protection, environmental safety and development in the Niger Delta.
The King of Ekpetiama Kingdom, King Bubaraye Dakolo Agada IV, said efforts to prevent pipeline vandalism must go hand in hand with meas...