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Nigeria Oil Spills: Outrage at Shell-funded UN investigation - Common Dreams

LAGOS, Nigeria / AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands - August 24 - Friends of the Earth International is outraged by reports that a major UN investigation into Nigeria oil spills funded by oil giant Shell relies more on figures ... Read more

Nigeria: Shell says $1.1B oil pipeline nearly done - AP - msnbc.com

That comes after criticism Shell has faced from environmentalists and community activists in Nigeria, who blame the oil major's aging pipelines for oil spills through the delta. Environmentalists estimate as much as ... Read more

Shell: new report on Nigeria unlikely to offer refuge from controversy - TradingMarkets.com

... pollution in Nigeria will find Shell responsible for only 10% of the oil spilled into the Niger Delta in the last 40 years. However, even if the final report favors Shell, the media backlash caused by the BP spill, Read more

Dustup over Nigeria oil spill report - United Press International

ABUJA, Nigeria, Aug. 25 (UPI) -- It is too early to criticize a U.N.-backed examination into oil spills in the Niger Delta, a U.N. environmental group said. Amnesty International is criticizing the U.N ... Read more

Shell cleared over Niger delta spills - Age

A THREE-YEAR investigation by the United Nations will almost entirely exonerate Shell for 40 years of oil pollution in the Niger delta, causing outrage among communities who have long campaigned to force the ... Read more

Nigerian 'Mobs' Hindering Oil-Spills Assessment - San Francisco Gate

... spills in part of Nigeria's oil-rich Niger River delta is being hindered by "angry mobs," an official ... Royal Dutch Shell Plc's Nigerian unit is funding the study, with a report planned to be submitted by ... Read more

With Attention on the Gulf, Niger Delta Oil Spills Continue - Huffingtonpost.com

the resource-rich wetlands of Nigeria sometimes called the Oil Rivers ... there have been four major oil spills. Amnesty International reported in 1995, the Shell Petroleum Development Company acknowledged its ... Read more

OUTRAGE AT SHELL-FUNDED UN REPORT ON NIGERIA OIL SPILLS - Reliefweb.int

LAGOS (NIGERIA) / AMSTERDAM (THE NETHERLANDS), August 24, 2010 – Friends of the Earth International is outraged by reports that a major UN investigation into Nigeria oil spills funded by oil giant Shell relies more ... Read more

Nigeria: Royal Dutch Shell says $1.1B oil pipeline through restive delta nearly complete - FOX43.com

That comes after criticism Shell has faced from environmentalists and community activists in Nigeria, who blame the oil major's aging pipelines for oil spills through the delta. Environmentalists estimate as much as ... Read more

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Nigeria: Shell says $1.1B oil pipeline nearly done

Royal Dutch Shell PLC announced Monday that its new, $1.1 billion crude oil pipeline running through Nigeria's restive southern delta is almost complete. Read more

Nigeria: Royal Dutch Shell says $1.1B oil pipeline through restive delta nearly complete

LAGOS, Nigeria - Royal Dutch Shell PLC announced Monday that its new US$1.1 billion crude oil pipeline running through Nigeria's restive southern delta is almost complete. Read more

Shell Says It's Close to Completing $1.1 Billion Crude Oil Line in Nigeria

Royal Dutch Shell Plc ’s Nigerian unit said it “is close to completing” a $1.1 billion pipeline that can transport 600,000 barrels of crude oil a day to its Bonny export terminal on Nigeria’s Atlantic coast. Read more

Shell's $1.1bn Nigeria pipeline nears finish

Royal Dutch Shell's Nigerian unit "is close to completing" a $1.1bn (£711m) pipeline that will transport 600,000 barrels of crude oil a day to its Bonny export terminal on the country's Atlantic coast. Read more

FoEI Tackles UN On Ogoni Oil Spills

Friends of the Earth International (FoEI), a global federation of environmental rights advocacy groups, has accused the UN of unfair dealing in their probe of devastating oil spills in the Niger Delta, Nigeria's main oil and gas basin. Read more

Liberia: Oil Maneuvers - Hopes, Woes, Worries in Wait

Liberia via the seat of Government, for the first time in its 163 years of existence as an independent nation and even including the colonial days, announced an agreement with a transnational company to carry out an exploration for the possible mining of crude oil in Liberian waters. Read more

UN report on Nigeria oil spills relies too heavily on data from Shell | Nnimmo Bassey

Report blaming 90% of spills in Ogoniland on locals stealing crude from pipelines allows companies to shirk responsibility • Outrage at UN decision to exonerate Shell for oil pollution in Niger delta The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) is preparing to issue a report announcing that 90% of the oil spills in Ogoniland, Nigeria, are caused by the locals stealing crude from pipelines ... Read more

Nigeria: Shell Not Exonerated Over Oil Spills

The Minister of Environment, Mr. John Odey, has described as untrue reports that Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) has been exonerated by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) over oil spillages in Ogoni land. Read more

Oil Floods Bayelsa Farmlands

A devastating oil spill has flooded farmlands in Ikarama, a rustic Ijaw community in Bayelsa State. Read more

Royal Dutch Shell's Nigerian Delta operations at risk

ABUJA, Nigeria, Aug. 26 (UPI) -- Ongoing political and social strife in Nigeria's delta region continues to affect Royal Dutch Shell's oil extraction efforts. Nigeria - Royal Dutch Shell - Africa - Extraction of petroleum - Government Read more