By then, about 40,000 barrels of oil had escaped into the Atlantic Ocean, according to an English High Court evaluation, making the December 2011 incident one of Nigeria’s worst spills in a decade.

$660 million Nigeria oil spill trial begins in London The core of Shell's defence is that the vast majority of Niger Delta spills have been caused by third parties acting unlawfully — such as ...

Nigeria was devastated by two oil spills in 2008, and it's still trying to clean up the mess. It may finally recover with a trial to hold those responsible accountable. According to Amnesty ...

Shell denies liability for the spills however, blaming them on oil thieves and saboteurs. A Shell spokesperson said today’s judgment sets out the legal framework for the 2027 trial but did not ...

The High Court of Justice, King’s Bench Division, London, has concluded hearings in the £55m oil spill lawsuit against the Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited.The case ...

What can go wrong was illustrated off Nigeria in 2011, when a pipe connecting Shell's production ship Bonga to a tanker sprang a leak. The spill wasn't noticed for more than four hours, and 40,000 ...

Dutch court to rule on Shell's Nigeria oil spills By Bart H. Meijer January 28, 202111:58 PM PSTUpdated January 29, 2021 ...

An oil spill has forced the evacuation of thousands of people squatting along the route of an oil pipeline in Nigeria, local reports have said. Nigerian newspaper This Day said that the spill ...