Delta Communities Shut OML30 Flow Stations

Delta State communities which closed OML30 flow stations last Monday insisted that the oil well would remain shut until the operator, Heritage Energy Operational Services Limited, meets its obligations to the host communities.
The OML30, with total production capacity of 80,000 barrels per day, and eight flow stations, operates within 112 host communities in the Ughelli area of Delta State.
The host communities, represented by their OML30 Cluster Management Committee/Presidents General, had accused the operator of displaying gross indifference and consistent failure in its obligations to the communities.
Specifically, they accused HEOSL of failure to pay the GMOU fund for the last two years, despite mediation by the Delta State Government on May 18.
In addition, the host communities accused HEOSL of ‘total stoppage of scholarship award and payment to host communities since 2016’.
The OML30 host communities’ Presidents-General, led by their Chairman, Dr Harrison Oboghor and Secretary, Mr Ibuje Joseph, explained to journalists last Monday that the host communities had resolved not to backpedal until all their demands were met.
Their other allegations against HEOSL included the total refusal by the operators to carry out the agreed staff audit of its Edjeba and Lagos offices as well as failing to execute corporate social responsibility projects in the communities.