Conflicting reports are emanating from Soku, in Akuku-Toru Local Government Area of Rivers State, where it has been reported that a gas explosion has occurred.This report is coming less than a ...

PORT HARCOURT: The leadership of Soku Community in Akuku-Toru Local Government Area, Rivers State, has dismissed reports of an explosion at the Soku Gas Plant. In a statement, the community’s ...

The news comes amid a larger fight over what the transition to cleaner energy should look like — or if there should be a move to renewables at all.

The Soku oil and gas field, which is a critical component of Oil Mining Licence (OML) 23, is jointly owned by Eni, the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC), Shell and TotalEnergies.

Odugbesan emphasised that operations at the Soku Plant were ongoing without disruption. “We wish to categorically state that there was no gas explosion or fire incident at our Soku facility.

SPDC’s spokesman, Michael Adande, said there was no incident at Soku Gas Plant, adding that Shell’s assets have been divested to Renaissance Africa Energy Company Limited.

The General Secretary of Soku Kingdom, Mr Witness Alasia, stated that it was a fire outbreak, not an explosion, along the Soku-Abua-Rumuji right of way, adding that the Soku gas plant—one of the ...

Soku Gas Plant is safe and in perfect working condition.” He, however, confirmed a fire outbreak along the Soku-Abua-Rumuji gas pipeline right of way but stated that the cause remains unknown.

wyff4.com. duke energy announced today it plans to build a new natural gas plant in anderson county. isabelle marak joins us from duke substation with when this could be built and if it will ...

The solar facility is expected to open at the end of 2026 with the two gas plants to open in 2029 and 2030. The KCC is expected to issue an order on the application on or before July 7. No further ...

The natural gas power plant is currently owned by Omaha-based Tenaska. According to Forbes, Tenaska is the 12th largest private company in the country as of 2023.