May 16, 2023
Oil companies including Shell Plc and Eni SpA should pay $12 billion to repair environmental devastation in Nigeria’s crude-rich Niger Delta, according to a new report. More than six decades of pumping oil has left Bayelsa state “in the grip …
February 2, 2023
More than 13,500 Nigerians joined their communities in a lawsuit against Shell Plc before a landmark UK trial that could have far-reaching implications for parent-company responsibility over the actions of foreign subsidiaries. The residents of the crude-rich Niger Delta are …
July 20, 2022
Nigeria will continue its $3.5 billion civil claim against Shell Plc and Eni SpA after Italian prosecutors dropped criminal proceedings against the companies, a lawyer representing Africa’s largest crude producer said. The West African country, which joined the case as …
February 3, 2022
An oil production ship exploded off the coast of Nigeria in what may prove to be the nation’s second major environmental setback in three months. The Trinity Spirit, able to store about 2 million barrels of oil, blew up early …
January 21, 2022
A Nigerian court will hear Royal Dutch Shell Plc’s appeal to overturn an almost $2 billion award against the company for allegedly spilling oil in the West African country. The energy giant is challenging a November 2020 judgment in favor …
October 7, 2021
A Nigerian oil producer sued Royal Dutch Shell Plc for more than $2 billion over the ownership of oil wells, intensifying a dispute around an asset sale completed six years ago. Aiteo Eastern E&P Co. Ltd. claims that Shell falsely …
August 17, 2021
Royal Dutch Shell Plc’s Nigerian unit agreed to pay a local community $111 million to resolve a long-running dispute over an oil spill that occurred more than half a century ago. The Anglo-Dutch energy giant will pay the Ejama-Ebubu people …
January 19, 2021
The world’s biggest shipping company demanded a more effective military response to surging pirate attacks and record kidnappings off the coast of West Africa. The number of attacks on vessels globally jumped 20% last year to 195, with 135 crew …