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Nigeria: campaigners won’t let Saro-Wiwa die

The Observer: Nigeria: campaigners won’t let Saro-Wiwa die

Sunday June 26, 2005

People living in the shadow of Shell refineries and pipelines will be converging on the oil giant’s annual meetings in London and The Hague this week in order to draw attention to its record on pollution and human rights.

Community representatives and environmental campaigners from Siberia to Texas, and from Nigeria to the Philippines, will be among those seeking to put polite but embarrassing questions to Shell’s board this week.

Co-ordinated by Friends of the Earth, it’s an increasingly well-organised – and impatient – campaign, which this year marks the tenth anniversary of Ken Saro-Wiwa’s death. read more

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MarketWatch: Royal Dutch/Shell Group faces local lawsuit over Nigeria gas flaring

MarketWatch: Royal Dutch/Shell Group faces local lawsuit over Nigeria gas flaring

21 June 2005

By MarketWatch

LONDON (MarketWatch) — Communities in Nigeria’s Niger Delta are suing Royal Dutch/Shell Group (RD, SC) and its partners in a local court after the company said it would continue gas flaring beyond a legal deadline, the non-governmental organization Friends of Earth said Monday.

Gas flaring is the highly polluting process of burning off natural gas trapped in crude oil.

In a statement, Friends of Earth said last month Shell had announced it would continue flaring until 2009, a year beyond a deadline set by the Nigerian government. read more

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The Independent (UK): Opec supplies may increase as oil nudges $60

The Independent (UK): Opec supplies may increase as oil nudges $60

By Philip Thornton, Economics Correspondent

21 June 2005

Oil prices broke new records on both sides of the Atlantic yesterday, prompting Opec to announce it would begin talks about a further increase in supply.

The price of crude came close to hitting the psychological $60-a-barrel mark yesterday after breaking through $59 in New York.

Analysts said fears over a shortage of supply capacity were exacerbated by an outbreak of political turmoil in Nigeria, a major oil producing nation.

In New York prices closed at a record $59.37 a barrel, up 90 cents. In London Brent futures were up 56 cents at $58.32, having hit a fresh peak of $58.58. Prices looked set to break through $60 as contracts for delivery in the final four months of the year, when cold weather boosts demand, were trading above that level. read more

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Friends of the Earth: Communities Sue Shell to Stop Nigerian Gas Flaring

Friends of the Earth: Communities Sue Shell to Stop Nigerian Gas Flaring

Posted 21 June 2005

LAGOS, NIGERIA/London, UK, 20th June 2005 – Communities from across the Niger Delta, with the support of Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria (ERA), have today filed a legal action against the Nigerian government, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation and the Shell, Exxon, Chevron, Total and Agip joint venture companies to stop gas flaring.

More gas is flared in Nigeria than anywhere else in the world, and flaring in the country has contributed more greenhouse gas emissions than all other sources in sub-Saharan Africa combined according to the World Bank. read more

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The New York Times: Shell Asks Shareholders for Forgiveness

The New York Times: Shell Asks Shareholders for Forgiveness

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Published: June 28, 2004

LONDON (AP) — The leaders of the Royal Dutch/Shell Group of Cos., chastened by this year’s reserves booking fiasco, asked shareholders for forgiveness on Monday and time to revamp the Anglo-Dutch oil giant.

At two annual general meetings in England and the Netherlands, board members of the parent companies — Royal Dutch Petroleum Co. and Shell Transport & Trading Co. — were pressed by shareholders and institutional investors who have been calling for structural changes and greater openness. read more

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Shell repeats commitment to end Nigeria gas flaring by 2008

MLive.com: Shell repeats commitment to end Nigeria gas flaring by 2008

The Associated Press

28/06/04

LONDON (Dow Jones/AP) — Royal Dutch/Shell Group Monday reiterated a commitment to end the process of flaring off natural gas from oil projects in Nigeria by 2008.

The company said it has spent about $2 billion to date on infrastructure to collect and ship the gas which would otherwise be burned off into the atmosphere.

Shell has been under pressure from environmentalists and local residents to end gas flaring in Nigeria. Some say the process contributes to global warming. read more

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