{"id":191450,"date":"2022-05-28T10:07:05","date_gmt":"2022-05-28T09:07:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=191450"},"modified":"2022-05-28T10:07:05","modified_gmt":"2022-05-28T09:07:05","slug":"court-restrains-fg-from-issuing-licences-for-marginal-oilfields-in-niger-delta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/05\/28\/court-restrains-fg-from-issuing-licences-for-marginal-oilfields-in-niger-delta\/","title":{"rendered":"Court restrains FG from issuing licences for marginal oilfields in Niger Delta"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A federal high court in Yenagoa has restrained the federal government from issuing licences for marginal oilfields in the Niger Delta.<\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Marginal fields are smaller oil blocks developed by indigenous companies.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">They are often discovered on an IOC-owned block where there has been no activity in at least 10 years.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">In the court ruling on Thursday, Isa Dashen, the presiding judge, granted the restraining order, pending the determination of a suit.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">In 2020, some Ijaw leaders approached the court seeking to halt licensing on marginal oil fields located in their areas.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">But the defunct Department of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/03\/22\/nlc-to-dss-go-after-importers-of-adulterated-petroleum\/\">Petroleum<\/a> Resources (DPR), now the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC), announced bid<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0winners on June 1, 2021.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Plaintiffs in the suit marked PHC\/YEN\/CS\/81\/2020 are Brown Agu (Opu Agu VIII), Rosemary John-Oduone, president, Ijaw Women Connect and Femowei Friend on behalf of themselves and the Ijaw Ethnic Nationality.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">On the other hand, Abubakar Malami, attorney-general of the federation (AGF), Muhammadu Buhari, minister of petroleum resources and Timipre Sylva, minister of state for petroleum resources, are defendants in the suit.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The court granted that the respondents be restrained from further advertising and receiving bids in respect of the marginal fields.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">It also restrained the government from approving licences.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The court fixed June 8 for hearing and ruling on pending motions.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A federal high court in Yenagoa has restrained the federal government from issuing licences for marginal oilfields in the Niger Delta. 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