BIC Updates: West Africa Gas Pipeline Project http://www.bicusa.org/en/Project.39.aspx The latest news on the West Africa Gas Pipeline Project from the Bank Information Center 10 http://www.infodev.org/images/infodev.gif infoDev http://www.bicusa.org/en/Project.39.aspx 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. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.3632.aspx Tue, 18 Dec 2007 12:11:22 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.3632.aspx Chevron's Nigeria pipeline under investigation World Bank-backed project to receive Inspection Panel visit. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.3437.aspx Fri, 13 Jul 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.3437.aspx Inspection Panel to investigate policy violations in West Africa Gas Pipeline Investigation to focus on issues of compensation, safety, livelihood impacts, and gas flaring http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.3263.aspx Fri, 13 Apr 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.3263.aspx 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. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.3198.aspx Wed, 07 Mar 2007 15:44:09 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.3198.aspx 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. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.2950.aspx Wed, 20 Dec 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.2950.aspx 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). http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.2940.aspx Fri, 01 Sep 2006 11:58:43 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.2940.aspx 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.<ul><li class="DocPDF"> <a href="http://siteresources.worldbank.org/EXTINSPECTIONPANEL/Resources/Ghana_NoRMay1-FINAL.pdf">Notice of Registration document</a>, World Bank Inspection Panel, May 2, 2006 WB Inspection Panel website (Acrobat pdf 36 KB)</li></ul> http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.2775.aspx Thu, 11 May 2006 15:13:26 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.2775.aspx 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. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.2327.aspx Mon, 12 Sep 2005 12:44:45 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.2327.aspx World Bank approves guarantees for the West African Gas Pipeline despite outstanding concerns http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.1787.aspx Sat, 04 Dec 2004 15:40:51 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.1787.aspx World Bank Group poised to approve guarantees for West Africa Gas Pipeline; civil society calls for delay http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.1770.aspx Mon, 22 Nov 2004 16:41:22 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.1770.aspx World Bank posts EIA and RAP http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.1606.aspx Fri, 27 Aug 2004 10:04:53 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.1606.aspx West Africa Gas Pipeline enters OPIC pipeline http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.1520.aspx Wed, 14 Jul 2004 19:43:00 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.1520.aspx Affected communities file suit against WAPCO http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.1398.aspx Tue, 13 Apr 2004 18:18:52 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.1398.aspx 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. http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.570.aspx Sun, 11 Jan 2004 13:53:51 GMT http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.570.aspx