Oil Giant Admits to Leak in Nigeria's Bayelsa State
The Shell Petroleum Development Company has confirmed an oil leak at an underwater line within its oil fields in Bayelsa.
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Nigeria:
Shell Facility's Oil Leak Pollutes Ogboinbiri River in Bayelsa
Vanguard, 4 March 2015
An oil leak from Seibou Deep facility owned by Shell Petroleum Development Company, SPDC, has reportedly polluted Ogboinbiri River in Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of Bayelsa… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Protesting Youths Shut Down Shell's Facility in Bayelsa Over Neglect, Arrest of Monarch
Leadership, 4 March 2015
Protesting youths from the Obunagha Community of Yenagoa local government area of Bayelsa State yesterday shut down the multi-billion dollars Gbarain-Ubie Gas Gathering Facility… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Oil Spill - Bayelsa Govt Pledges to Ensure Clean-Up of Affected Communities
Premium Times, 4 March 2015
The Bayelsa government on Monday pledged to facilitate the clean-up of communities impacted by a recent oil spill in Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of the state. Read more »
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Nigeria:
Group Slams Shell Over Poor Oil Spill Response in Bayelsa
Vanguard, 5 March 2015
Environ-mental Rights Action/ Friends of the Earth Nigeria, ERA/FoEN, has slammed Shell Petroleum Development Company, SPDC, for its poor response to the oil leak within its oil… Read more »
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Nigeria:
ERA/FoEN Accuses Shell of Poor Response to Oil Leak
Independent (Lagos), 5 March 2015
The Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth (ERA/FoEN) has upbraided Shell Petroleum Development Company for poor response to an oil leak from its facility in Bayelsa… Read more »
InFocus
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Oil giants, Shell and ExxonMobil, have begun to clean up oil spills around their operations in the nation's oil rich Niger Delta. Read more »
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Royal Dutch Shell has agreed to a settlement with residents of the affected community, after two oil spills in 2008 devastated their livelihoods. Read more »
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Amnesty International has in court documents said that the oil giant repeatedly made false claims about the size and impact of two major oil spills at Bodo in the Niger Delta. ... Read more »