Written by Niamh Burns – 01/06/2016 1:58 pm
Shell’s Nigerian country chair said recent attacks by terrorists in the country had contributed to a “significant decline” in production levels.
A number of companies oil sites have been attacked recently in a spate of attacks by the Niger Delta Avengers.
Earlier today the group revealed it had attacked a Chevron oil facility.
Speaking to Nigeria media, Osagie Okunbor said unrest in the region had impacted on production, delays to projects and loss of government revenue.
He said: “These illegal acts also have severe environmental consequences. In addition, security threats mean both our development and operating costs are higher than in many other operating environments globally. Ultimately, it means that available funds for the industry don’t stretch as far as they would, if we had a safer operating environment.
“It is clear that security of our assets and people is key to our operations and the federal government has rightly said it will work to ensure a safe and secure working environment for everyone, not just international oil companies”.
The boss said in 2015, theft of crude oil on Shell assets was 25,000 barrels of oil per day, compared with 37,000 bpd in 2014.
The number of sabotage-related spills decline to 93 incidents compared with 139 in 2014.
In 2015, the decrease in theft and spills was also in part due to divestments in the Niger Delta.
He added that both theft and sabotage were still the cause of about 85% of spills from Shell’s pipelines in the region.
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Deterding was the guest of Hitler during a four day summit meeting at Berchtesgaden. Sir Henri and Hitler both had ambitions on Russian oil fields. Only an honored personal guest would be rewarded with a private four day meeting at Hitler’s mountain top retreat.
IN JULY 2007, MR BILL CAMPBELL (ABOVE, A RETIRED GROUP AUDITOR OF SHELL INTERNATIONAL SENT AN EMAIL TO EVERY UK MP AND MEMBER OF THE HOUSE OF LORDS: 
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A head-cut image of Alfred Donovan (now deceased) appears courtesy of The Wall Street Journal.
