Shell ups expansion with new drillings on Bonga phases 2 and 3 via subsea tie-back
Leading investor in Nigeria’s premium oil field platform, Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company (SNEPCo), has revealed that it is expanding the field with further drilling of wells in Bonga phases 2 and 3 and through a subsea tie-back that…
Federal earnings from Shell jump to $3.197bn in 2017 from $2.172bn in 2016
A new report released by Royal Dutch Shell on payments to the Nigerian government for its activities in the county has shown that whereas it paid federal government $2.172bn in 2016, there is a 19 per cent rise to $3.197bn…
Neconde files arbitration case against Shell over continued withholding of remittances
Key indigenous play in Nigeria’s oil and gas industry, Neconde, has instituted an arbitration case against Royal Dutch Shell as it continues to lift crude and failed to remit funds after a lease on an oil field had been sold….
Shell now among ten biggest climate polluters’ worldwide—FoE Dutch Director, Pols
More facts weekend, emerged on why the global leaders in environmental rights group campaign, Friends of the Earth (FoE), Netherlands is set to drag oil multinational, the Royal Dutch Shell to court for complications in climate pollution. The suit is…
We can only allow Shell to explore oil after successful completion of cleanup—Ogonis
As claims and counter claims on the whether there is really oil spills cleanup going on in Ogoniland between locals, Rivers State government and international observers on one side and the federal government on the other rages, concerned Ogoniland indigenes…
Shell, GE ink Multi-year Service Agreement on 650MW Afam VI cycle power plant
Pursuant to Nigeria’s drive to steady electricity supply, General Electric (GE) on Thursday announced the sealing of a new Multi- year Service Agreement (MYA) deal with Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) for its 650MW Afam VI combined cycle power plant…
Shell jerks up oil production from Bonga after shut down for repairs
Following some repairs at Nigeria’s Bonga FPSO crude oil platform recently, Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company has said activities are “being ramped up gradually”. The “brief shutdown” was from January 16 to 28 for repairs on a piping system…
Shell, Eni trial in Italy over Nigeria oil industry bribe scandal begins March 2018
Italian giant Eni and fellow petroleum company Shell will stand trial in Italy over allegations of bribery and corruption in the 2011 purchase of an offshore oil block in Nigeria. A judge in Milan ordered Eni, Shell and key figures…
Shell in trouble over issues surrounding Nigerian 2011 oilfield purchase deals
Strong indications have emerged showing that Dutch law firm has asked the public prosecutor in the Netherlands to file a case against Royal Dutch Shell, its CEO and former executives over what it says were criminal actions relating to a…
Shell: Amnesty seeks probe on alleged complicity in Ogoni murder, torture
London-based global rights watchdog, Amnesty International (AI), on Tuesday began a campaign that will terminate in the prosecution of oil giant, Shell Nigeria over its complicity in allegedly aiding Nigerian military to commit human rights abuses in the oil-rich south…
