Tag Archives: Oil spill

Nigeria: A Spotlight On Oil Theft in Nigeria

October 23, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

By William Wallis, Leadership (Abuja) The world is in the midst of a sustained oil boom. Yet Africa’s leading producer is haemorrhaging the proceeds. The Nigerian treasury, which should be raking in record revenues, has been squeezed at both ends … read more »

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Nigeria: Shell shrugs off Bonga fine

July 26, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

Nnimmo Bassey Shell’s reaction to the fine announced by the National Oil Spill Detection and Response Agency (NOSDRA) over its Bonga oil spill of December 2011 is in line with the oil companies’ stance of avoiding responsibility whenever possible. We … read more »

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Canada: Alberta oil spill mostly contained, firm says

June 10, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

Officials say they have a good handle on the oil that spewed into a central Alberta river and lake earlier this week from a ruptured pipeline. Stephen Bart, vice president of crude oil operations for Plains Midstream Canada, said crews … read more »

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Nigerian group: Fresh pipeline spills

December 4, 2011 by IndepthAfrica

Lagos – A Nigerian rights group on Saturday reported fresh spills from a pipeline operated by Agip, the local subsidiary of Italian oil group Eni, in a community in the southern oil state of Bayelsa. The Environmental Rights Action (ERA)/Friends … read more »

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Amnesty urges Shell Nigeria to start $1 bln clean up

November 10, 2011 by benim

Royal Dutch Shell’s failure to mop up two oil spills in the Niger Delta has caused huge suffering to locals whose fisheries and farmland were poisoned, and it must pay $1 billion to start cleaning up the region, Amnesty International … read more »

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Shell faces first Nigerian oil spill claims in UK

August 4, 2011 by benim

Royal Dutch Shell has agreed that a Nigerian community impacted by its oil spills can seek compensation in a British court, lawyers in the case have said, potentially opening itself up to bigger future financial and reputational damages. Shell said … read more »

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27,580 barrels of Shell oil spilt in Nigeria in 2010

May 27, 2011 by benim

Anglo-Dutch oil giant Shell said Friday that theft, sabotage and operational reasons caused 27,580 barrels of oil to spill from its facilities in Nigeria last year. “Sabotage and crude oil theft was the cause of 22,310 barrels spilled from SPDC … read more »

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