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bicusa.org/wagp Problem Project West African Gas Pipeline Project BIC is no longer actively working on this project. Overview Concerns Updates Resources Contacts RSS Update \| 18 December 2008 West African Gas Pipeline comes online at last Meanwhile, people displaced by the project finally receive monetary compensation, nearly four years after being impoverished through a resettlement process that denied them the option of the land compensation they were entitled to. Read more Press Release \| 5 August 2008 World Bank acknowledges serious flaws in West African Gas Pipeline But questions on compensation for displaced, “upstream” impacts, and gas flaring remain unanswered. Read more Update \| 18 December 2007 West Africa Gas Pipeline to start operations by year’s end World Bank's Inspection Panel expected to submit findings of its investigation into claims made by local communities that the project violated the Bank's environmental and social policies. Read more Update \| 13 July 2007 Chevron's Nigeria pipeline under investigation World Bank-backed project to receive Inspection Panel visit. Read more Update \| 13 April 2007 Inspection Panel to investigate policy violations in West Africa Gas Pipeline Investigation to focus on issues of compensation, safety, livelihood impacts, and gas flaring Read more Update \| 7 March 2007 Niger Delta instability delays West Africa Gas Pipeline Controversial World Bank-backed project faces further obstacles due to ongoing instability in Nigeria’s turbulent Niger Delta region. In recent months, unrest in the Delta has been marked by kidnappings of oil workers and attacks on oil installations. Read more Update \| 20 December 2006 EIB to help finance controversial gas pipeline The European Investment Bank (EIB) last week approved a €70 million investment (approximately $87 million) in the Chevron-led West Africa Gas Pipeline Company (WAPCo) to support the construction of the 681 km-long pipeline that will transport natural gas from the Niger Delta to Ghana’s industrial centers in Tema and Takoradi. Read more Update \| 1 September 2006 Instability in Nigeria’s oil delta to delay supply of natural gas through the West Africa Gas Pipeline Nigeria’s Minister of State for Petroleum Resources admits that the ongoing crisis in the country’s turbulent Niger Delta Region may delay the supply of natural gas to Benin, Togo and Ghana through the West Africa Gas Pipeline project (WAGP). Read more Update \| 11 May 2006 Nigerian communities register complaint with the World Bank Inspection Panel over West Africa Gas Pipeline The claim filed by Nigerian residents of twelve communities in Lagos State to the World Bank Inspection Panel cites violations of World Bank policies on resettlement, environmental assessment and economic evaluation. If implemented as presently designed, the claimants argue, the project will do irreparable harm to the economic, social and environmental sustainability of their communities. Notice of Registration document , World Bank Inspection Panel, May 2, 2006 WB Inspection Panel website (Acrobat pdf 36 KB) Read more Update \| 12 September 2005 New African Gas Pipeline Worries Civil Society Two weeks after work began on the offshore portion of the pipeline, NGOs and community representatives in West Africa voice concerns about the impacts of the West Africa Gas Pipeline on their communities, environment and economies. Friends of the Earth International issued a press release following civil society meetings in Accra last week. Read more Update \| 4 December 2004 World Bank approves guarantees for the West African Gas Pipeline despite outstanding concerns Read more Update \| 22 November 2004 World Bank Group poised to approve guarantees for West Africa Gas Pipeline; civil society calls for delay Read more Update \| 27 August 2004 World Bank posts EIA and RAP Read more Update \| 14 July 2004 West Africa Gas Pipeline enters OPIC pipeline Read more Update \| 13 April 2004 Affected communities file suit against WAPCO Read more Update \| 11 January 2004 West Africa Gas Pipeline enters the World Bank's official project pipeline The World Bank released initial project documents for the West African Gas Pipeline. Read more Print this page Email this page

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