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Friday, July 15, 2011
A Shell flowstation in the Niger Delta was broke into by Nigerians in protest at what they said was the company's failure to provide their communities with electricity. The firm’s Kolo Creek oil installations were tampered with by the youths and Shell says the tampering could damage the environment and the people in the surrounding area.
“We are protesting (because) Shell has failed to honor a Global MoU that if they have electricity in their base, we also should enjoy the same,” said a local community leader.
A Reuters report said that the youths had locked themselves in the flow station and the military had arrived to secure the area. A spokesman for a joint security task force said the protest could continue if it did not impact the general public.
Shell said it had been delivering electricity to the region in line with an agreement in 1999 but the communities had expanded and demand for power exceeded its installed capacity.
“As an alternative, SPDC (Shell joint venture) facilitated the hook-up of the communities to the Bayelsa Electricity Supply Board (BESB) grid, and also supplies gas to the BESB gas turbine at Imiringi,” Shell said in a statement.
“The communities have been enjoying stable power from the facility, but it is understood that the plant is currently undergoing major refurbishment.”
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