Nigeria: Oil Workers Shut Down Production Over Transfer of OML 042 Operatorship

19 May 2015

Abuja — Worried about the larger labour implication, the oil workers in the employ of the Nigerian Petroleum Development Company (NPDC) have shut down oil production over the transfer of operatorship of one of the country's valued oil fields, OML 42, to Neconde Energy Ltd.

The workers under the aegis of Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) and the National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) are calling for the reversal of the award of the operatorship to NPDC.

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