Shell to Face Stiff Penalties for Nigeria Oil Spill
Royal Dutch Shell faces having to pay compensation of potentially more than N62.5 billion (£250 million or $410 million) after it admitted liability for the two spills in Ogoniland.
Shell oil-heads leaking at K-Dere, Ogoni.
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Nigeria:
Shell Faces Massive Payment for Oil Spills
This Day, 4 August 2011
Royal Dutch Shell faces having to pay compensation of potentially more than N62.5 billion (£250 million or $410 million) after it admitted liability for the two spills in… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Shell Admits Liability Over Ogoni Oil Spills
Leadership, 4 August 2011
Anglo-Dutch oil giant, Shell, has accepted responsibility for two devastating oil spills in Ogoniland in Rivers State. Read more »
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Nigeria:
Shell Explains Flaring in Bayelsa
Daily Trust, 3 August 2011
The Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Ltd (SPDC) has explained that the flaring at Opolo-Epie in Bayelsa State is a temporary well test flare, and not routine. Read more »
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Nigeria:
FG Rolls Out National Oil Spill Contingency Plan
This Day, 4 August 2011
In an effort to meet up with international standard, the Federal Government in Abuja launched the National Oil Spill Contingency Plan for the sanitisation of the oil sector as well… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Drake Oil, Partner Sign U.S.$5.5 Billion MoU to Halt Flaring
Leadership, 3 August 2011
In an effort to deliver on its multi-billion dollar project, Drake Oil Limited, an indigenous oil and gas firm, has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with a South Korean… Read more »
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Nigeria:
NOSDRA Moves to Check Oil Spills
Daily Champion, 31 July 2011
Nigeria's National Oil Spill Detection and Response Agency (NOSDRA) has activated the National Oil Spill Contingency Plan for the country, especially, the level three incidence of… Read more »