Conflict in the Niger Delta Jonathan’s defeat in the March 2015 elections, the amnesty program seems likely to end in December 2015 and with patronage to former militant leaders terminated, local discontent is deepening. A February 2016 explosion in a pipeline operated by Shell Petroleum Development Corporation, a Royal Dutch Shell subsidiary to the Shell Forcados export terminal halted both production and imports. Speculation centered on militants using divers. Emmanuel Ibe Kachikwu, the minister of state for petroleum and the head of Nigeria’s oil company, said Nigerian production was down 300,000 barrels a day as a result. On May 11 Shell closed its Bonny oil
River Brass high quality brass music. River Brass's concert season typically consists of four concerts: a spring (pre-contest) concert, a summer concert, a fall classics concert, and a holiday concert. Each concert is generally performed multiple times to serve surrounding tri-state cities of Evansville, IN, New Harmony, IN, Owensboro, KY, and Henderson, KY. Common venues are at the University of Evansville, Henderson Community College, Thrall's Opera House in New Harmony, and various schools and libraries across the region. River Brass has been participating in the North American Brass Band Association competition since 2007. Results under the current name "River Brass": 2017: 4th