Bodo

Shell is heading to the Supreme Court in the UK for another hearing on oil spills in Nigeria, as Leigh Day seeks to overturn a finding from 2018

Africa

Shell heads to court for Nigerian spills case

23/06/2020

by Ed Reed

Shell is heading to the UK Supreme Court today for another hearing on oil leaks in the Niger Delta.

Locals pour containers of oil collected from an abandoned oil flow station operated by Royal Dutch Shell Plc in K-Dare, Nigeria. Photographer: George Osodi/Bloomberg

Africa

Sabotage, flaring rise for Shell in Nigeria

12/03/2020

by Ed Reed

Spills in Nigeria for Shell increased to 2,000 tonnes in 2019, from 157 sabotage incidents, the company has disclosed in its annual report. This was up from 1,600 tonnes from 111 incidents in 2018.