A small group of insurgents in Nigeria's oil-rich Niger Delta helped drive up oil prices around the world yesterday by announcing a strike against one of Royal Dutch Shell's two main export terminals in the West African nation.
June, 2009:
Nigerian Rebels Drive Up Oil Prices
Amnesty attacks oil industry for decades of damage in Niger Delta
Royal Dutch Shell is singled out by Amnesty as the most powerful operator in the region. The report will make uncomfortable reading for the energy group's new chief executive, Peter Voser, who starts work tomorrow.
Shell and its private army’s link with child abducting Nile rebels
First Bolivia, now Sudan... yet another controversial connection emerges for the Corrib gas security firm whose guards patrol the bays of Mayo