Oil Workers Protest Over Unpaid Salaries Workers of Mormar Marine staged a peaceful protest in Agbarha-Otor, Ughelli North Local Government Area in Delta State, demanding the immediate payment of six months’ salary arrears allegedly owed them by the Nigerian Petroleum Development Company Limited/Heritage Energy. The firm,...

Oil Workers Threaten To Shut Down Pan Ocean Oil Company         Oil workers, under the auspices of National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas (NUPENG) and the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) in Pan Ocean Oil Limited recently acquired by Asset...

Oil Workers’ Strike Won’t Cause Petrol Scarcity – NNPC       The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation on Tuesday said it had enough petrol and as such the strike by oil workers would not cause scarcity. It dismissed insinuations of possible scarcity of petroleum products following ongoing disagreement between...

IPPIS: Fuel Crisis Looms As Oil Workers Begin Strike         Nigeria may be heading towards another economic crisis with crude oil production threatened as the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) has directed its members to proceed on a nationwide indefinite strike. The...

IPPIS: PENGASSAN, NUPENG Threaten To Shut Down Oil Operations     Senior oil workers under the aegis of the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association and the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers on Thursday threatened to shut down all oil operations by Sunday...

Fuel Scarcity Looms As Oil, Maritime Workers Down Tools     There are strong indications that the nation might witness another round of scarcity of petroleum products as members of the National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) announced an industrial action to protest extortion...