Oloma Village is one of the remaining indigenous community in the Bonny Local Government Area of Rivers state. The community has a population of about 6,000 people, who predominantly engage in fishing and subsistence farming. Bonnys geographical location within the Atlantic Ocean made it the Nigerias oil terminal.
The hitherto rich ecosystem of the Oloma people is dying. A serious and grievous wound is inflicted on its environment and people. In October 2002, Shells started its hook up project of connecting oil wells from one well to another, and onward transfer of crude oil to the Bonny terminal. The pipeline construction activities involve seismic line/route cutting, excavation and canalization as well as transportation of human and material resources through large expanse of mangrove forests, scared gloves, human and fishing settlements.
Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited (SPDC) ignored mounting community agitation against the environmentally damaging project and laid pipelines from Epelema and Coconut Estate (But near by communities to Oloma). The pipeline from these communities is to connect that of Oloma flow station in the Oloma community.
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