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Friday, June 16
Nigerian Tribune: No plan to re-admit Shell into Ogoniland - MOSOP
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Royal Dutch Shell Plc .com
on Fri 16 Jun 2006 10:54 AM BST
Ogoni people in Rivers State have denounced a recent report that the oil giant, Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC), would soon gain access back to the oil fields in their land. more »
Thursday, June 15
African News Dimension/Nigerian Tribune: Nigeria's $40m/day profit loss
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Royal Dutch Shell Plc .com
on Thu 15 Jun 2006 12:12 AM BST
With the recent militant attacks in Niger Delta, oil companies have been forced to halt operations in the region resulting in Nigeria losing a massive $40 million a day as 550 000 barrels of oil are not being produced. more »
Tuesday, June 13
Nigerian Tribune: Nigeria’s oil output ’ll reach 3 million bpd if... - Daukoru
by
Royal Dutch Shell Plc .com
on Tue 13 Jun 2006 10:53 PM BST
Over the past year Nigeria, the biggest oil producer in Africa, has begun pumping oil from a host of new deepwater fields including Royal Dutch Shell’s 225,000 bpd Bonga development and ExxonMobil’s 150,000 billion barrels per day Erha field. more »
Monday, June 5
Vanguard (Nigeria): 8 oil hostages released as militants threaten Shell afresh
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Royal Dutch Shell Plc .com
on Mon 05 Jun 2006 08:27 AM BST
...the militant group, Iduwini Volunteer Force (IVF), which carried out the abduction, said last night that the release was just the beginning of trouble for Shell Petroleum Development Company... more »
Wednesday, May 24
AFX Europe (Focus): Shell pledges to cooperate with Nigeria efforts to end row with Ogoniland
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Royal Dutch Shell Plc .com
on Wed 24 May 2006 08:10 AM BST
Ogoniland is at the heart of the Niger Delta, home to Nigeria's multi-billion-dollar oil and gas industry. The region is also the centre of ethnic and militant unrest as a result of environmental neglect and degradation. more »
Tuesday, May 23
JURIST (USA): Royal Dutch Shell misses court deadline to pay $1.5 billion for Nigeria pollution
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Royal Dutch Shell Plc .com
on Tue 23 May 2006 08:33 AM BST
The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta [BBC report], a militant group whose attacks have reduced the flow of oil from Nigeria by 20 percent this year, has demanded that Shell pay the Ijaw. more »
Sunday, May 21
BBC Monitoring Service:
by
Royal Dutch Shell Plc .com
on Sun 21 May 2006 09:07 AM BST
A federal high court sitting in Port Harcourt Rivers State [Niger Delta] has ordered Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) to pay the sum of 1.5bn dollars to the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), latest by 12 midday [local time] on Monday [22 May]... "We have over 1,850 documented deaths linked to the exploration and exploitation activities of the oil company. more »
Saturday, May 20
Reuters: Shell gets Nigerian deadline for $1.5 bln damages
by
Royal Dutch Shell Plc .com
on Sat 20 May 2006 08:26 PM BST
A Nigerian court has given Royal Dutch Shell a Monday deadline to pay $1.5 billion in damages for pollution in the oil-producing state of Bayelsa, the energy giant said on Saturday. more »
Financial Times: Nigerian militants win oil drilling licence
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Royal Dutch Shell Plc .com
on Sat 20 May 2006 09:12 AM BST
Nigeria auctioned 17 new oil drilling licenses on Friday to companies from China, India, Britain and Nigeria, reserving one oil bloc for a company linked to militant activists in the turbulent delta region. more »
Friday, May 12
THE WALL STREET JOURNAL: Oil-News Roundup 12 May 2006: BOILING OVER IN BOLIVIA: MORE NIGERIAN VIOLENCE
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Royal Dutch Shell Plc .com
on Fri 12 May 2006 09:05 AM BST
MORE NIGERIAN VIOLENCE: A day after a foreign employee of Houston oil-services company Baker Hughes was shot and killed in the southern city of Port Harcourt, Nigerian militants kidnapped three foreign oil workers from a bus in the same city. more »
THE NEW YORK TIMES: Foreign Oil Workers Kidnapped in Nigeria
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Royal Dutch Shell Plc .com
on Fri 12 May 2006 08:49 AM BST
PORT HARCOURT, Nigeria (Reuters) - Three foreign oil workers, including an Italian, were kidnapped from a car under armed escort in Nigeria's oil capital Port Harcourt on Thursday, a day after a U.S. oil executive was shot dead in the same city. more »
Reuters: Oil, gasoline soar on supply worries
by
Royal Dutch Shell Plc .com
on Fri 12 May 2006 08:17 AM BST
"Nigeria seems to be getting a lot worse and people have to take it a lot more seriously," said Phil Flynn, analyst at Alaron Trading in Chicago. Three foreign oil workers were kidnapped in Nigeria's oil capital Port Harcourt on Thursday, a day after a U.S. oil executive was killed in the same city. more »
Tuesday, May 9
TodayOnline.com (Singapore): Shell reports exploration success in Nigerian offshore field
by
Royal Dutch Shell Plc .com
on Tue 09 May 2006 12:26 AM BST
"We are happy with yet another exploration success in deepwater Nigeria," said Chima Ibeneche, Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company (SNEPCo) managing director, in a statement here on Monday. more »
Wednesday, May 3
AFX Europe (Focus): Shell starts production in new Nigerian offshore field
by
Royal Dutch Shell Plc .com
on Wed 03 May 2006 02:51 AM BST
With onshore wells increasingly vulnerable to guerrilla attacks, oil majors are concentrating on developing new deepwater projects like Erha and Nigeria hopes to hit production of 4 mln barrels per day by 2010. more »
Tuesday, May 2
African News Dimension (South Africa): Nigeria: Senate panel indicts NNPC, Shell, others in Bonga projects
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Royal Dutch Shell Plc .com
on Tue 02 May 2006 09:12 AM BST
On the Bonga Project, the committee noted that the entire engineering design, choice of contractors and consultants, choice of construction site was done entirely by the operator, so, Shell, not the Federal Government should bear the brunt of delays in project execution and increased cost. more »
Wednesday, April 26
ShellNews.net: An Email about Shell from Ogoni Author, Ben Wuloo Ikari.
by
Royal Dutch Shell Plc .com
on Wed 26 Apr 2006 01:29 AM BST
I write to show my appreciation for all your efforts at making Shell Oil accountable and responsible. You've been one of the very few who keep the deadly company on its toes. Dr. John Houng, is another. Thanks so very much for the tested information you continue to provide your audience. My regard also to your son for his high spirit and zeal to uphold the truth against a company that believe in killing for profit making. more »
Monday, April 24
Nigeria Daily Independent: Dimming Peace Prospect Between Ogoni, Shell
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Royal Dutch Shell Plc .com
on Mon 24 Apr 2006 10:46 AM BST
There is also the issue of the alleged torture of two youths from the Ban-Ogoi Community on the orders of Shell. The youths were reportedly escorting human rights activists and foreign journalists to the company’s sites in the area when trouble erupted. Shell explained in the statement, claiming that the situation concerning the two youths was handled by its subcontractor and not Shell directly. more »
Sunday, April 23
Reuters: Hard to say when Shell oil output to restart - Nigeria
by
Royal Dutch Shell Plc .com
on Sun 23 Apr 2006 09:04 AM BST
"That can be reopened as soon as the atmosphere is conducive for workers to go back to the field. As soon as Shell and others feel comfortable to go back." The same cannot be said of Shell's vast Forcados oilfield and terminal, bombed by militants. more »
Friday, April 21
MarketWatch: Security concerns continue to overshadow Shell's Nigeria oil operations
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Royal Dutch Shell Plc .com
on Fri 21 Apr 2006 04:39 PM BST
A spokesman for Shell Petroleum Development Co. in Nigeria said Friday that security concerns in the troubled oil-rich Delta region continued to hamper the restart of up to a fifth of the country's crude output. MEND said Wednesday: "In the coming weeks, we will carry out similar attacks against relevant oil industry targets and individuals. "At a time of our choosing, we will resume our attacks with greater devastation and no compassion on those who choose to disregard our warnings,' they warned in an e-mail signed by Jomo Gbomo. more »
Tuesday, April 18
Daily Independent (Nigeria): Shell Laments Blockade To Ogoni Spill Sites
by
Royal Dutch Shell Plc .com
on Tue 18 Apr 2006 12:05 AM BST
In a statement last week, MOSOP accused Shell of not taking comprehensive measures to assist victims of the Bomu Well-2 oil spill and sponsoring the attack on youths of Ban-Ogoi community. more »
Monday, April 17
THE NEW YORK TIMES: Oil Up Near $70 as Funds Flow in, Iran Rumbles On
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Royal Dutch Shell Plc .com
on Mon 17 Apr 2006 09:49 AM BST
In West African producer Nigeria, there was no indication that output was resuming from Royal Dutch Shell'soffshore EA field, which has been shut since February, despite hopes for a preparatory assessment last week. more »
BBC Monitoring Service: Nigeria: Ogoni rights group accuses oil giant Shell of breaching peace talks
by
Royal Dutch Shell Plc .com
on Mon 17 Apr 2006 09:33 AM BST
In a statement last Thursday, Shell's management accused irate Ogoni youths of attacking 13 of its staff, who went on inspection of its oil wells in Ogoni, to assess their integrity preparatory to securing them. The management explained that its workers went to clean up the spills caused by the rupture of the company's pipeline at Bomu Well-2 but that the team's vehicles and equipment were also seized. more »
Sunday, April 16
THE NEW YORK TIMES: Editorial: Blood and Oil
by
Royal Dutch Shell Plc .com
on Sun 16 Apr 2006 09:47 AM BST
The guerrillas could not have hoped for a better reaction. Crude oil prices immediately jumped on the news, hitting $70 a barrel, as new fears about a supply squeeze hit the global oil market. Adding to the concern is that the latest message, sent to various news organizations, seems a lot angrier and more violent than previous missives. The references to endless buckets of blood sounded more like an Al Qaeda rant than a threat from oil-market saboteurs. more »
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