Soku Gas Plant is safe and in a perfect working condition.
The residents of Rivers State‘s Soku Community have denied rumors circulating online that pipeline along the Soku-Abua-Rumuji Right of Way were involved in an explosion.
Eni, TotalEnergies, Shell, and the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPCL) are the joint owners of the Soku oil and gas field, an essential part of Oil Mining Licence (OML) 23.
In a statement released in Port Harcourt on Sunday, Witness Alasia, the secretary of the Soku Community Development Committee, stated that a fire broke out on the pipeline, but that there is no need to be concerned.
Alasia said, “On behalf of the Leadership of Soku Kingdom, I write to debunk the falsehood escalating in all social media that there was an explosion in the Soku Gas Plant.
“It is disheartening and worrisome that people will mischievously be misinforming the public with a baseless and untrue story.
“Soku Gas Plant is safe and in a perfect working condition. The public should disregard this unguided and untrue report.
“The cause of the fire outbreak is unknown and the company also has not come up with any useful information. We use this medium to inform the public that Soku and her satellite communities are safe and calm.”
Michael Adande, a spokesman for Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC), confirmed that the Soku Gas Plant was incident-free and mentioned that Renaiss had acquired Shell’s assets.
“All good at Soku Gas Plant. Soku Gas Plant is not affected by any incident. Hope you know that SPDC assets have been officially acquired by Renaissance Africa Energy Company Limited. We have been in the news about this.
“If there was an incident on other assets in Soku, please, contact the asset owner/operator.”