Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) has committed to a peaceful resolution in securing the re-opening of the oil and gas facility that had been shut for about two years.
The disputed OML-25 oil and gas facility had been shut down by Belema, Offoin-Ama and Ngeje communities all in Akuku-Toru area of Rivers state.
SPDC’s Spokesman Michael Adande made the company’s position known in Port Harcourt on Wednesday.
The communities had accused Shell of failing to implement a global Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the communities as well as alleged pollution of their environment.
Adande said the closure of the OML-25 facility had denied the billions of naira in revenue.
“SPDC hopes for peaceful resolution of all issues to enable us (SPDC) to resume safe operations of our Belema oil and gas facility.
“The nation’s economy has been denied needed revenue these past two years that our facility had been shut down and illegally occupied by invaders,” he said.
The Shell spokesman appealed to the stakeholders to give government mediators the needed chance for a peaceful resolution to the lingering dispute.
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