Ojobo Community is located in Ekeremo Local Government Area of Delta State and play host to Shells Beniside Flow Station. |
Ojobo Community is located in Ekeremo Local Government Area of Delta State and play host to Shells Beniside Flow Station. |
| Name of conflict: | Oil Spill at Ojobo Community, Nigeria |
| Country: | Nigeria |
| State or province: | Delta State |
| Location of conflict: | Ojobo Community, Ekeremo Local Government Area. |
| Accuracy of location | HIGH (Local level) |
| Type of conflict. 1st level: | Fossil Fuels and Climate Justice/Energy |
| Type of conflict. 2nd level: | Oil and gas exploration and extraction Pollution related to transport (spills, dust, emissions) |
| Specific commodities: | Crude oil |
| Project details | |
| Type of population | Rural |
| Start of the conflict: | 2001 |
| Company names or state enterprises: | Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) from Nigeria Royal Dutch Shell (Shell) from Netherlands |
| Relevant government actors: | Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation |
| Environmental justice organizations (and other supporters) and their websites, if available: | Environmental Rights Action |
| Intensity | Unknown |
| Reaction stage | Unknown |
| Groups mobilizing: | Farmers Indigenous groups or traditional communities Trade unions Fisher people |
| Forms of mobilization: | Development of alternative proposals Official complaint letters and petitions |
| Environmental Impacts | Visible: Biodiversity loss (wildlife, agro-diversity), Floods (river, coastal, mudflow), Food insecurity (crop damage), Loss of landscape/aesthetic degradation, Soil erosion, Oil spills Potential: Waste overflow, Deforestation and loss of vegetation cover, Groundwater pollution or depletion, Large-scale disturbance of hydro and geological systems |
| Health Impacts | Potential: Exposure to unknown or uncertain complex risks (radiation, etc…) |
| Socio-economical Impacts | Visible: Lack of work security, labour absenteeism, firings, unemployment, Land dispossession, Loss of landscape/sense of place Potential: Displacement, Loss of livelihood, Loss of traditional knowledge/practices/cultures |
| Project Status | Unknown |
| Conflict outcome / response: | Under negotiation |
| Development of alternatives: | SPDC should clean up the various spills and rehabilitate the Ojobo environment. |
| Do you consider this an environmental justice success? Was environmental justice served?: | Not Sure |
| Briefly explain: | No proper clean up was done, there was no form of compensation. Although some food items were sent to the community, they were neither timely nor sufficient |
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| Contributor: | Godwin Uyi Ojo |
| Last update | 08/04/2014 |