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View Article  ThisDayOnline: Militants Release Abducted Oil Worker
The kidnappers arrived at the Shell plant in speedboats and took Loss, an expatriate working for Westminster Dredging, a contractor to Royal Dutch Shell Plc. The plant is located outside of Yenagoa, the state capital.    more »
View Article  Nigerian Tribune: No plan to re-admit Shell into Ogoniland - MOSOP
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 »
View Article  Vanguard (Nigeria): 8 oil hostages released as militants threaten Shell afresh
...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 »
View Article  allAfrica.com: Nigeria: Shell Raises Alarm Over Vandalised Pipelines
Despite Federal Government's unrelenting war against the vandalisation of petroleum pipelines, dare-devil vandals operating along the creeks of the Niger Delta continued to wreak havoc on the nation's oil facilities, a situation which has forced the Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC), to raise an alarm over the imminent fire out break as vandals broke into its condensate line.   more »
View Article  Nigeria Daily Independent: Dimming Peace Prospect Between Ogoni, Shell
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 »
View Article  Sunday Tribune (Nigeria): Ogoni may pull out of reconciliation process with Shell
In a press statement circulated in Port Harcourt on Saturday and signed by the Information Officer of the Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People (MOSOP), Bari-ara Kpalap, the group frowned at what it described as Shell’s “provocative and unfriendly actions” in recent times.    more »
View Article  Sunday Tribune (Nigeria): Another oil spillage hits Ogoniland
According to the statement, “a leak has occurred at Bomu Well-2, a dormant well in Ogoni land belonging to Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria limited. Crude oil was seen spewing out of the well-head late Friday, 24 March 2006. The vicinity of the spill is uninhabited.    more »
View Article  This Day (Lagos): Nigeria: Chevron, Shell Relinquish Deep Offshore Oil Block
Nigeria's oil production has again been further cutback by 75,000 barrels per day (bpd) after unknown persons blew up Friday night, a crude oil pipeline belonging to Nigerian Agip Oil Company (NAOC) in Tebidaba-Brass, Bayelsa State. This has now taken the country's total production loses to 631,000 bpd of oil, representing 25 percent of Nigeria's daily oil production.   more »
View Article  Daily Independent (Nigeria): Why We Sent Relief Materials To Ogoni Community, By Shell
Royal Dutch oil giant, Shell, says the food items and the N5 million cash donated early this month to K-Dere, an Ogoni community, were relief materials in respect of an oil spill that occurred in the area. The company made the clarification following allegations by the National Youth Council of Ogoni People (NYCOP) that the items were donated to undermine resistance and sway local resolve ahead of negotiations to enable resumption of oil exploration in the area.   more »
View Article  Vanguard (Nigeria): Itsekiri community gives Shell quit notice
WARRI — THE people of Adaka, an Itsekiri community in Sapele Local Government Area of Delta State, yesterday, gave the Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) a seven-day ultimatum to remove all its oil facilities and evacuate its staff from the Ovorh field in the state.   more »
View Article  THE NEW YORK TIMES: China, Iran May Finalize Oil Deal in March: Report
The magazine said that under the current arrangement, Sinopec would take a 51 percent stake in the project, and India's Oil and Natural Gas Corp. (ONGC) (ONGC.BO) would own 29 percent, slightly bigger shares than had been initially agreed. The remaining 20 percent could go to the National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC), the magazine said. It said Royal Dutch Shell (RDSa.L) had also expressed interest in the remaining fifth.   more »
View Article  African News Dimension, South Africa: Nigeria : SHELL PUTS OUT NIGERIAN OIL WELL FIRE
The energy giant Shell has put out a fire that broke out on one of its oil wells in the Niger Delta but a nearby plant remains closed with a production loss of 37,800 barrels per day, the firm said Friday.
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View Article  Independent Online, South Africa: Shell defends use of airfield for attack base
"This airstrip is supposed to be utilised for civilian purposes but is now apparently being utilised by the military with the consent of Shell as a staging ground for attacks on Ijaw settlements in the Niger Delta," it said.   more »
View Article  Vanguard (Nigeria): Shell unveils $1bn developments in alternative energy
ROYAL Dutch Shell Plc has invested over US$1 billion (about N130billion) in alternative energies including Bio-fuels, Wind, Solar and Hydrogen, making it one of the world’s leading companies in the sector as the world grapples with spiraling crude oil prices.   more »
View Article  Daily Independent (Nigeria): No terms of reference for Ogoni, Shell reconciliation
Despite the interest of several stakeholders towards ending the protracted rift between the Ogoni people and Anglo-Dutch oil giant, Shell, the Federal Government has not produced any clear-cut terms of reference to guide its reconciliation process.    more »
View Article  Daily Independent (Nigeria): Kukah tasks Ogoni on feud with Shell
Chairman of the Presidential Committee on Ogoni-Shell Reconciliation, Rev. Fr. Mathew Kukah, has urged the Ogoni people to take advantage of all opportunities offered by the reconciliation process to collectively articulate a position that would ensure lasting peace in the area.   more »
View Article  ThisDayOnline (Nigeria): Oil Pollution: Shell Ordered to Pay N1.8bn Compensation
A Federal High Court in Umuahia, Abia State has ordered Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) to pay N549,187,568 as special damages and N1,300,000,000 as general damages to Umuorie Community in Ukwa West Local Government of Abia State for oil pollution.   more »
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