By JESS BRAVIN: April 17, 2013, 11:30 a.m. ET WASHINGTON—The Supreme Court said Wednesday that a centuries-old statute making international law enforceable in U.S. federal court cannot be applied to actions that take place overseas, blunting a tool human rights groups had used against torturers and other abusers for violations in their home countries. In [...]
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Nigerian Oil Thieves Return to Decimate Output
By Elisha Bala-Gbogbo on March 05, 2013 Nigeria’s oil thieves are back in action, sabotaging pipelines to rob Africa’s biggest crude producer of more than a 10th of its daily production. In the first two months of this year alone, Royal Dutch Shell Plc (RDSA) and other oil companies have declared three force majeures, a [...]
Shell Says Improved Security Needed to Curb Nigeria Oil Theft
By Elisha Bala-Gbogbo – Nov 23, 2012 2:11 PM GMT Nigeria needs to improve security patrols on its pipelines to curb theft, according to Royal Dutch Shell Plc (RDSA), the nation’s largest oil producer. Shell removed 135 illegal connections from its pipelines in the first ten months of the year, Tony Okonedo, a Lagos-based company [...]
Shell Unit Sells Interest in Nigerian Oil Mining Lease for $567
“Shell are a bunch of cowards to walk away from 35,000 bopd. It would be better to optimise the fields and squeeze more out”: “Thank you Donovans for your site, it reminds me how good we were and how deep Shell has sunk.” Dow Jones Newswires:Published November 09, 2012 Royal Dutch Shell PLC (RDSA.LN) Friday [...]
Nigeria oil spills: Shell rejects liability claim
11 October 2012 Last updated at 18:34 The Anglo-Dutch oil giant Shell has rejected claims by four Nigerian farmers that it should pay compensation for damage to their land. The farmers are suing the company in a civil court in The Hague, claiming oil spills ruined their livelihoods. Shell’s lawyers told the court it could [...]
Nigeria oil spills: Dutch case against Shell begins
11 October 2012 Last updated at 14:31 Representatives of Anglo-Dutch oil giant Shell are appearing in a Dutch civil court to face accusations of polluting Nigerian villages. The case is being brought by four Nigerian farmers and the Dutch branch of campaigners Friends of the Earth. If their case is successful it could pave the [...]
Royal Dutch Shell Shuts Down Major Crude-Oil Pipeline In Nigeria Due To Fire
(RTTNews.com) – Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited or SPDC, a subsidiary of Royal Dutch Shell plc (RDS-A,RDSA.L,RDSB.L,RDS-B), said in a statement Sunday that it has shut down the 28-inch Bomu-Bonny Trunkline after it discovered a fire earlier in the day. The pipeline conveys crude oil to Bonny Terminal. The company has deferred 150,000 [...]
Shell shuts key Nigeria oil pipeline due to fire
Sept. 30, 2012, 9:24 p.m. EDT By MarketWatch LONDON–Royal Dutch Shell PLC (RDSB, RDSB.LN) said Sunday that its Nigeria subsidiary had shut a key oil pipeline following a fire caused by theft of crude from the line. The Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria, or SPDC, shut the 28-inch Bomu-Bonny trunkline it operates in a [...]
Shell shuts major oil pipeline in Nigeria
Sun Sep 30, 2012 2:56pm EDT (Reuters) – Shell’s Nigerian unit shut its Bonny oil pipeline and deferred 150,000 barrels per day of production on Sunday after oil thieves caused a fire, the company said. “Shell … has shut the 28-inch Bomu-Bonny Trunkline after discovering a fire on it early this morning,” a statement from [...]
Shell attacked over four-year delay in Niger oil spill clean-up
Energy firm’s attempts to clear pollution resulting from two large spills in 2008 described as ‘amateurish’ by assessors Two large crude oil spills from Shell pipelines in the Niger delta four years ago have still not been cleaned up by the company despite an outcry by the UN, Amnesty International and the Nigerian government about [...]
A Shell Game: When Reality Meets Bribery
9/21/2012 @ 4:03PM When I used to train employees on how not to bribe, I always added a caveat. If your health or safety is at issue, I used to say, get yourself out of the situation. Contact me immediately when you get to a safe zone, but do what you have to do. I [...]
Shell gets $400 mln in Nigerian oilfield deal
Sept. 5, 2012, 12:54 p.m. EDT By Alexis Flynn LONDON–Royal Dutch Shell PLC’s long-running auction of its older Niger Delta oil fields continued Wednesday, with the company announcing it had agreed to sell its share of the OML-34 license block to ND Western Ltd., a local entity, for $400 million. ND Western is effectively buying [...]
Report claims Shell paid warlords and militants not to attack its pipelines in the Niger Delta
By Rob Davies: PUBLISHED: 21:53, 26 August 2012 | UPDATED: 21:54, 26 August 2012 Shell paid warlords and militants not to attack its pipelines in the Niger Delta, contributing to armed violence in the troubled region, according to a new report. According to evidence obtained from leaked US Embassy cables and interviews with local people, [...]
Nigeria: Shell’s Oily Friendship With Human Rights Abusers
The leak of documents from Shell reveal its deep financial ties to human rights abusers. Shell spent at least $383 million on security in Nigeria between 2007 and 2009, or a substantial 40% of the company’s billion-dollar global security spending, according to internal financial data leaked to oil watchdog Platform. Shell’s leaked data is analysed in a [...]
Shell: security spending or dirty work?
Shell: security spending or dirty work? Published on : 23 August 2012 – 11:49am | By Saskia Houttuin (Photos: AFP/ANP) Leaked documents show that Dutch-British oil and gas company Shell financed Nigeria’s security forces, which are often seen as corrupt and involved in human rights violations. A Dutch political party raised questions, calling Shell’s financing [...]
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