Tag: oil spill
Triumph for Shell as Nigeria loses oil spill case
The case was one of a series of legal battles Shell has been fighting in London courts against residents of…
Shell investigating Bayelsa oil spill – Official
The people of the Peremabiri community lamented the adverse impact of the spill and the alleged insensitivity and neglect by…
Oil spill: LG chair seeks Shell, others’ help to avert disaster in Ogoniland
But it was believed that the oil spill resulted failure of an equipment belonging to SPDC in the area.
Oil spill causes massive ecological damage off California
An estimated 126,000 gallons had spread into an oil slick covering about 13 square miles of the Pacific Ocean since…
Shell, community disagree on oil spill impact
A disagreement in the areas impacted by an oil leak on the Trans Ramos Pipeline within Shell’s oilfield at Aghoro…
Oil spill destroys over 50 fishing settlements
The Oil and Gas Producing Areas Enlightenment and Empowerment Initiative (OGPAEEI), an NGO in Bayelsa, says over 50 fishing settlements…
Shell begins cleaning up Nigeria oil spills in April
The head of a group helping organise Shell's clean-up efforts in an oil Delta community in Nigeria said on Friday…
Fresh oil spill hits Ibeno communities in Akwa Ibom
Fresh oil spills suspected to emanate from American giant oil facility- ExxonMobil has hit more than 10 communities situated on…
N1.27bn Oil Spill Palliative: Mobil begins Eket projects
Mobil Producing Nigeria Unlimited, a subsidiary of ExxonMobil, has commenced the construction of projects in Eket communities of Akwa Ibom,…
Ogoni Oil Spill: UNDP promises to support FG on speedy clean-up
The UN Development Programme (UNDP) says it will support the Federal Government in ensuring that clean-up of oil spills in…
Oil spill compensation: Tee Mac sues NOSDRA
Akin Kuponiyi A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, southwest Nigeria, has ordered that all court processes filed in a…
Ogoniland clean-up to commence soon – FG
The Federal Government says the clean-up of Ogoniland impacted by oil spill would commence in the first quarter of 2016.…
Dutch court says Shell can be liable for Nigeria oil spills
A Dutch appeals court ruled on Friday that Royal Dutch Shell can be held liable for oil spills at its…
Reps want Agip Oil to contain spill in Bayelsa
The House of Representatives on Wednesday, urged the Nigerian Agip Oil Company to clean up recent multiple oil spills to…
Court fines company N68m for failure to report oil spill
The National Oil Spills Detection and Response Agency (NOSDRA), said on Wednesday that it has secured a court judgment ordering…
Bayelsa Court Bars British Lawyer From Oil Spill Suit
Henry Ojelu Justice E.G. Omokuro of a Bayelsa State High Court, Sagbama Division, has restrained a British lawyer, Mr Martyn…
Ogoni protesters shut First Bank over Shell debt
Banking activities at First Bank Area office in Port Harcourt, Rivers, were disrupted on Wednesday as protesting members of Ogoni…
Oil spill from Agip’s Brass Terminal pollutes Atlantic Ocean
An oil spill from the Brass Oil Export Terminal, operated by the Agip off the Nigerian Coastline in Bayelsa state,…
Bodo community rejects Shell’s $50m over oil spills
Negotiations between Shell and Nigerian residents of Bodo, an Ogoni community affected by two oil spills in 2008 failed to…
Exxon Mobil issues force majeure as pipeline shut
US oil giant ExxonMobil’s Nigerian subsidiary warned on Wednesday it may not meet production expectations following the shutdown of a…
Nigerian farmers sue Shell in Dutch court
Shell broke the law by not repairing leaks that destroyed the lands of Niger Delta farmers, a Dutch court heard…
After the messy oil spill, Mobil begins clean up
Mobil Producing Nigeria (MPN) on Monday began the clean-up of Ibeno coastline contaminated by an oil spill reported on 13…
Oil spill found as Shell shuts flow station
Shell said Thursday it had shut down an oil processing facility in southern Nigeria over a pump failure, but denied…
Exxon Mobil causes oil spill in Akwa Ibom
An oil spill has been detected along the coast of southern Nigerian state of Akwa Ibom, near operations for US…
Shell To Challenge $5b Fine By Nigeria
Shell will challenge a $5.0 billion (four billion euro) fine imposed by Nigeria over an offshore oil spill last year,…
Nollywood star, Omotola wants Shell to clean up Niger Delta
Omotola Jalade Ekeinde has joined Amnesty International’s campaign calling on oil company Shell to Own Up, Pay Up and Clean…
Shell contains Nigeria’s worst oil spill
THE worst Nigeria offshore oil spill in more than a decade has been contained before reaching the nation’s coast, officials…