2020 Media releases
News and Media releases of 2020.
SPDC’s position on purported takeover of spdc jv’s kidney island and SPDC’s interest in oml 11 by rivers state government
Dec 23, 2020
The Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited (SPDC) has dismissed the purported takeover of Kidney Island asset of the SPDC Joint Venture in Port Harcourt by the Rivers State Government in the exercise of rights purportedly acquired through a court auction process that is still the subject of ongoing appeals at the Court of Appeal sitting in Port Harcourt.
Shell, NNPC donate state-of-the-art ICT centre to Enugu State University
Nov 22, 2020
Nigeria’s leading deep-water energy company, The Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company (SNEPCo) has donated a state-of-the-art Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Centre to the Enugu State University of Science and Technology as part of the NNPC/SNEPCo ICT support programme launched in 2007 under the sponsorship of the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC).
Shell’s gas to boost industrialisation in Oyo company awards contract for Bayelsa
Oct 04, 2020
Shell Nigeria Gas (SNG) is to facilitate domestic gas infrastructure development in Oyo State following the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding with the state government last week.
SPDC dismisses Angiama 45,000 barrel oil spill report, NOSDRA admits error
Sep 07, 2020
The Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited (SPDC) has dismissed a report that it spilled 45,000 barrels of oil from an incident at its facility in Nun River in Angiama area of Bayelsa State in March 2020.
Shell’s ultramodern medical centre donation excites Ogun community
Sep 06, 2020
The government of Ogun State and leaders of Ogijo community in Sagamu Local Government area of the state have described the 20-bed ultramodern medical centre donated to the community as a model of primary health care facility worthy of replication across the state.
Shell employees launch N82m free feeding programme at isolation centres
Aug 23, 2020
Employees of Shell companies in Nigeria have launched free feeding programme in COVID-19 isolation centres in seven states under the Shell Employee Care Programme, the General Manager External Relations of Shell Nigeria, Igo Weli, said in a statement issued on Sunday.
The purported sale of SPDC’s kidney island asset and interest in OML 11
Aug 13, 2020
SPDC is very disappointed that the Rivers State High Court affirmed the enforcement of the purported sale of SPDC’s assets in Kidney Island and specified interests in OML 11, to the Rivers State Government.
Shell’s 20km gas pipeline connects industrial zones in Aba
Jun 28, 2020
Shell Nigeria Gas (SNG) has completed the final phase of its 20km domestic gas pipeline expansion project in Abia State, connecting Agbor Hill, Osisioma and Araria industrial zones.
Shell's intervention offers hope for COVID-19 patients
Jun 21, 2020
The cutting-edge blood component extractor machine just donated to the Lagos State government has been described as a timely intervention to aid the recovery of novel coronavirus patients.
Rivers set for coronavirus testing with Shell-donated PCR machines, ventilators
May 07, 2020
Rivers State is set to start testing for COVID-19 in Port Harcourt with the receipt of the state’s first set of testing equipment from the Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) among many other medical hardware and consumables presented to the state governor, Chief Nyesom Wike on Wednesday.
COVID-19: Shell Equips Three Hospitals, Provides 8 Vehicles
Apr 09, 2020
The Shell companies in Nigeria have presented eight vehicles to the governments of Lagos and Rivers State to support the efforts at contact tracing and treatment of novel coronavirus (COVID-19) cases. The companies, comprising The Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited (SPDC); Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company (SNEPCo); and Shell Nigeria Gas (SNG), also joined other players in the oil and gas industry to support the Federal Government with $30million to stop the spread of the deadly disease.
Nine professors, 22 others inducted for Shell sabbatical, research positions
Jan 19, 2020
Thirty-one Nigerian academics and research interns including nine professors and four senior lecturers were last week inducted to a one-year sabbatical programme and research internship in Shell companies in Nigeria at a ceremony held at the Port Harcourt Headquarters of Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria (SPDC).