Leaked Files Raise Fears About Shell Oil Production Fleet, Years After Devastating Spill April 4, 2025 By Ed Davey Off the coast of Nigeria, one of the world’s largest oil production ships, called the Bonga, was taking oil from...
Shell to Face UK Trial Over Devastating Nigerian Oil Spills November 27, 2023 By Anthony Osae-Brown and Laura Hurst A UK court ruled that a group of Nigerian fishermen can bring claims against Shell Plc over oil pollution that...
Update: Oil Majors Should Pay $12B to Repair Damage in Nigeria: Report May 16, 2023 By William Clowes Oil companies including Shell Plc and Eni SpA should pay $12 billion to repair environmental devastation in Nigeria’s crude-rich Niger...
Shell Wins Bid to Limit British Suit Over Nigeria Delta Oil Spill March 3, 2023 By Jonathan Browning Shell Plc won a bid to limit a British lawsuit over an oil spill off the coast of Nigeria after...
Thousands of Nigerians Join Landmark Lawsuit Against Shell in UK February 2, 2023 By William Clowes More than 13,500 Nigerians joined their communities in a lawsuit against Shell Plc before a landmark UK trial that could...
Shell Appeals $2 Billion Court Judgment in Nigerian Oil-Spill Case January 21, 2022 By William Clowes A Nigerian court will hear Royal Dutch Shell Plc’s appeal to overturn an almost $2 billion award against the company...
Shell to Pay $111 Million to Resolve Long-Running Oil-Spill Dispute in Nigeria August 17, 2021 By William Clowes Royal Dutch Shell Plc’s Nigerian unit agreed to pay a local community $111 million to resolve a long-running dispute over...
Shell Abandons Push to Get Oil Spill Lawsuit to Be Heard in Nigeria July 12, 2021 By Todd Gillespie and Laura Hurst Royal Dutch Shell Plc has abandoned its final attempt to argue that a major lawsuit brought by thousands of Nigerians...
UK High Court Allows Suit Against Shell by Nigerian Farmers, Fishermen Over Oil Spills February 15, 2021 By Julia Payne and Kirstin Ridley The UK Supreme Court on Friday allowed a group of 42,500 Nigerian farmers and fishermen to sue Royal Dutch Shell...
Dutch Court Orders Shell Nigeria to Pay Damages from Oil Pipeline Leaks January 29, 2021 By Diederik Baazil and Laura Hurst A Dutch court has ordered Royal Dutch Shell Plc’s Nigerian unit to compensate for oil spills in two villages over...