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AFTER months of agitation, the Anglo-Dutch oil giant, Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) has repositioned its Kolo Creek-Soku gas pipeline across Kolo Creek in Bayelsa State from the water surface to the bed of the creek so as not to cause danger fishermen and transporters in the host communities.

A visit to the Kolo Creek Oilfield operated by the oil giant showed that the gas pipeline was no longer on the water surface across the creek. Heavy duty equipment and oil workers were seen refilling dug out sand from the creek. The company had last October laid the gas pipeline above the surface of Kolo Creek, which serves Imiringi, the host community and its sister communities in the Kolo Creek clusters, thereby hampering navigation by fishing canoes, transport boats amongst others in the channel. kolo Interest of residents The laying of the pipeline across the creek had sparked resistance amongst environmentalists and residents affected by the blockade, which compelled the oil company to remove the pipeline from the water surface and buried it underground.