Major Nigerian Oil Export Terminal Still Closed After Leak

Publisher:
Voice of America
Publication Date:
18 March 2014
Tags:
Nigeria, Energy, Environment

A major oil export terminal operated by Shell Nigeria remains closed in Nigeria on Tuesday, two weeks after an undersea pipeline leak was discovered. Shell says the cause of the leak still is being investigated. Meanwhile, communities in the Niger Delta wants Shell petroleum to pay billions of dollars in reparations and a clean-up of fishing areas they say were spoiled in a 2011 oil spill. Shell denies the claim. Heather Murdock reports.

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