Nigerian soldiers guarding Chevron oil rigs billed the company for $109.25 a day after they allegedly attacked two villages in the volatile country, killing four people and setting fire to homes. The ...

West Godavari (Andhra Pradesh) [India], Oct 27 (ANI): Villagers in Alamaru in Penumantra Mandal here, where Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) Limited has recently set up an oil rig have made an ...

VILLAGERS in Gwanda have been asked to raise funds to buy diesel to fuel a borehole drilling rig, with a local legislator appealing for assistance for the successful implementation of the project. The ...

Abuja - Police have moved into two communities in the oil-producing state of Bayelsa in southern Nigeria after villagers clashed over who should get jobs in a nearby oil rig, a Bayelsa state ...

KARUR: Movement of vehicle-mounted drill rigs set off protests by Nerur residents who thought the vehicles were part of a hydrocarbon exploration project. According to the villagers, the rigs had been ...