Shell escaped liability for oil spills in Nigeria for years. Then four ...
2022年5月25日 · Shell Nigeria (SPDC) was eventually held liable for the oil spills and ordered to pay damages to the farmers in a January 29, 2021, ruling by the Court of Appeal of the Hague. SPDC was also...
Over 13,000 Nigerians take Shell to court over devastating oil spills
2023年2月2日 · Over 13,000 residents from two Nigerian communities are seeking damages from Shell in the High Court in London, calling for the energy giant to clean up residual oil and …
Oil spill from Shell pipeline fouls farms and a river in a long ...
2023年6月26日 · An oil spill at a Shell facility in Nigeria has contaminated farmland and a river. It’s upended livelihoods in the fishing and farming communities of part of the Niger Delta, which has long endured environmental pollution caused by the oil industry.
Shell in Nigeria: Polluted communities 'can sue in English courts' - BBC
2021年2月12日 · There have been at least 40 oil spills from Shell's pipelines since 1989, lawyers say Shell's records reveal. UN scientists have found an 8cm (3 inch) layer of refined oil floating on top...
How Shell’s oil spills in the Niger Delta have devastated …
2023年12月12日 · The Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited, the major polluter in the region, often blames oil spills – including the spill in Aleto – on sabotage.
Niger Delta Oil Spills: Shell Ruled Responsible In Landmark Verdict
2021年1月29日 · In a historic ruling against the oil giant Shell, a Netherlands court has found in favor of four Nigerian farmers along with environmental activists in an oil spill case that was first...
Nigeria investigates a dayslong oil spill from a Shell pipeline in a ...
2023年6月27日 · Nigerian authorities and Shell’s local subsidiary were on Monday investigating the cause of an oil spill on the Trans Niger pipeline that lasted several days. The spill from the...
Nigeria: Shell must clean up devastating oil spills in the Niger …
2023年2月2日 · “More than 13,500 residents from the Ogale and Bille communities in the Niger Delta have now filed claims against Shell asking that the company clean up oil spills which they say have wrecked their livelihoods, poisoned their wells, and polluted their land and water, which means they can no longer farm or fish.”
UK court rules in favour of Shell in Nigerian oil spill case
2023年5月10日 · The United Kingdom’s Supreme Court has ruled that it was too late for a group of Nigerian claimants to sue two Shell subsidiaries over a 2011 offshore oil spill.
Nigeria: In landmark verdict, Dutch court rules Shell Nigeria ...
2021年1月29日 · In landmark ruling, the Court of Appeal in The Hague finds Shell Nigeria liable for pollution caused by leaking oil pipelines and orders it to compensate affected farmers, and orders Royal Dutch Shell to install equipment to prevent future oil leaks.