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Amnesty condemns Shell’s decades of denial

The Irish Times – Friday, August 5, 2011

LORNA SIGGINS

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL has described as shocking the scientific findings of a United Nations Environment Programme report which found extensive oil pollution in Ogoniland in the Niger Delta.

The human rights group has called on Royal Dutch Shell, as lead oil company in the area, to focus on the “truth, rather than protecting its corporate image” if the problem is to be addressed.

The UN study published yesterday found carcinogens up to 900 times above World Health Organisation levels in drinking water in one area. read more

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Oil in Nigeria: a history of spills, fines and fights for rights

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On Wednesday Shell admitted liability for two massive oil spills in Nigeria. Ever since oil was discovered in the country in 1956, it has been a source of strife

: Thursday 4 August 2011 09.22 BST

Ogoni activist Ken Saro-Wiwa in 1993, two years before he was executed by the Nigerian government. Photograph: Greenpeace/AFP

Oil was first found in Nigeria in 1956, then a British protectorate, by a joint operation between Royal Dutch Shell and British Petroleum. The two begun production in 1958, and were soon joined by a host of other foreign oil companies in the 1960s after the country gained independence and, shortly after, fell into civil war.

The rapidly expanding oil industry was dogged in controversy from early on, with criticism that its financial proceeds were being exported or lost in corruption rather than used to help the millions living on $1 a day in the Niger delta or reduce its impact on the local environment. read more

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Shell accepts liability for two oil spills in Nigeria

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Oil giant faces a bill of hundreds of millions of dollars following class action suit brought on behalf of communities in Bodo, Ogoniland

The impact of an oil spill near Ikarama in the Niger delta. Photograph: Amnesty International UK

Shell faces a bill of hundreds of millions of dollars after accepting full liability for two massive oil spills that devastated a Nigerian community of 69,000 people and may take at least 20 years to clean up.

Experts who studied video footage of the spills at Bodo in Ogoniland say they could together be as large as the 1989 Exxon Valdez disaster in Alaska, when 10m gallons of oil destroyed the remote coastline.

Until now, Shell has claimed that less than 40,000 gallons were spilt in Nigeria. read more

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Ogoni pollution: Delayed release of UNEP report is suspicious?

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July 21, 2011

Ogoni pollution: Delayed release of UNEP report is suspicious, says ERA

The Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria (ERA/FoEN) and other civil society groups have cautioned the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) from further prevarication on the planned release of its two-year assessment of the environmental and public health impacts of oil spills in Ogoniland.

In a statement issued in Lagos, ERA/FoEN said the people of Ogoniland and the entire Niger Delta are becoming worried over UNEP’s continued delay in releasing the report after failing to honour a pledge to do same earlier in the year. read more

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Ugheivwen Kingdom: 50 years of Shell exploitation and environmental destruction

Children carrying water near gas flares at Shell`s Obigbo oilfield, near Port Harcourt, Nigeria.

By Kenneth Mukoro

The Ugheivwen Kingdom has been a recipient of various peaceful awards but nothing can be shown for 50 Years of Oil Exploration and our environment has been destroyed
.

Shell company operating in the Ugheivwen Kingdom host to the Utorogu Gas plant and the Gas Plant Phase 2 and uncountable numbers of well head and flow stations is neglecting the people while destroying the land without any compensation. Shell has been operating in the kingdom for 50 years but nothing can be said of development or infrastructure. read more

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Nigerian activists allege Shell involved in Ogoniland assassinations

The following press release has been supplied to us today by Ogoni activists.

It contains allegations implicating Shell in alleged current violence and killings in Ogoniland.

PRESS RELEASE ON ASSASSINATIONS IN OGONILAND

The attention of National Union Of Ogoni Students (NUOS INTL) USA has been drawn to the recent unprecedented killings and assaults by gun men suspected to have been trained by government secret agent (PDP) on the people of Ogoni, particularly the killing of Jacob Paago, Richard Nimah, Pius Gbarazia and Clement Faah to mention but a few. read more

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Production on Shell Ogoni Oil Wells Recommences

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NNPC to Begin Production On Shell’s Ogoni Oil Wells

By Chika Amanze-Nwachuku Published 28 January 2011

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) said Thursday that the Nigeria Petroleum Development Company (NPDC), its producing arm, will soon commence production from the 30 oil fields belonging to Shell Petroleum Development and Production Company (SPDC) in Ogoniland.

Group Managing Director (GMD) of NNPC, Engr. Austen Oniwon, who confirmed the development in an interview with journalists in Abuja, said the move was in line with the Corporation’s mandate to produce 250,000 barrels of crude oil per day in 2015. read more

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Ogoni allegations against the Nigerian government and Shell

NATIONAL UNION OF OGONI STUDENTS, USA
(NUOS INTL. USA)
3046 W. 77TH STREET (ANNEX)
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS 60652
Ph. 773. 863. 1115,

Email: [email protected]
Fax. 773. 572. 4544

Website: http://nuos-international.org

Nov.29th,10

The attention of National Union of Ogoni Student’s, USA has been drawn to the recent attack by the combined forces of the Nigerian Joint Task Force and the Rivers State Task Force on the people of Ogoni, particularly the communities of Kpean, Bean, and Gure, etc.

We wish to use this medium to draw the attention of the good people of Nigeria and the world to this fresh line of attack on the innocent people of Ogoni by the River State government. The people of Ogoni are peace loving and have demonstrated this in their nonviolent approach to their demands which are yet to be met. The people whose ONLY crime is the fact that they demand for a fair share of their oil proceeds will continue to resist all forms of oppression with every civil means. read more

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Outrage at UN decision to exonerate Shell for oil pollution in Niger delta

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• Oil giant blamed for 10% of 9m barrels leaked in 40 years
• Report claims rest of leaking oil caused by saboteurs

Sunday 22 August 2010 18.36 BST

John Vidal, environment editor

Oil pipelines in Okrika, near Port Harcourt. The UNEP denies it has been influenced by Shell, which paid for its $10m, three-year study. Photograph: Ed Kashi

A three-year investigation by the United Nations will almost entirely exonerate Royal Dutch Shell for 40 years of oil pollution in the Niger delta, causing outrage among communities who have long campaigned to force the multinational to clean up its spills and pay compensation. read more

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FAREWELL PRESIDENT YAR’ ADUA OF NIGERIA

The Ogoni people and National Union of Ogoni Students’ USA shall always remember him for his calm demeanor, professional decorum as he approached turbulent issues in Nigeria. He had a listening ear. Ingrained on our minds is his support of the position of the Ogoni people against Shell Oil Company.

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Shell the architect of violence in Nigeria’s Niger Delta says Ogoni

The world and the Ogoni people should be aware that Shell Oil Company the architect of violence in Nigeria’s Niger Delta is behind the planned militarization of Ogoniland.

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Ogoniland after Shell

As if Nigeria is incapable of working together with its citizens and recognizing the rights of people on their lands and environment, the government has gone ahead without consultation and worse brought Shell back in the disguise of Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC / NNDC).

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Shell leaves Ogoni land, but trouble looms in oil-rich Niger Delta region

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A Shell petrol station in Kenya. Nigeria’s government decision to replace Shell’s operations in Ogoni was first celebrated, but not any more.

Written by Zachary Ochieng’   

September 29, 2008: The peace process in Ogoni land —a major test for efforts to bring stability to the oil-rich Niger Delta — is likely to fail if the Nigerian government refuses to consult local communities about new oil operations, a new report by the International Crisis Group (ICG) think tank warns. 

The report—Nigeria: Ogoni Land after Shell— examines the political and economic implications of the Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) departure from Ogoni land and gives recommendations on resuming peaceful oil operations in the economically strategic and politically volatile region.  read more

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Shell return to Ogoniland in the guise of another name?

Shell Oil is only changing face or name to NNPC/NPDC. This gimmick isn't acceptable to Ogonis. The people rejects such tricks completely, as there is no difference between Shell and NNPC. They both run a "joint Venture" that makes NNPC culpable and liable to the shabby treatment and genocide of the Ogoni people as Shell.

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Ogoni: Oil Companies Eager to enter Ogoniland

After Shell lost the court case against the Nigerian government and was ousted from Ogoniland, other oil companies are eager to take over the void left by Shell.

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Nigeria: Shell – We’ll Remain Shareholders in Ogoniland

Royal Dutch Shell said yesterday that it would remain a shareholder in Ogoniland operations even if the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), also Shell's joint venture partner, becomes the operator of the oil fields. The company also ruled out the possibility of suing the Federal Government over the revocation of Ogoni oil fields.

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Shell won’t challenge takeover of Nigeria oil wells

ABUJA (Reuters) - Royal Dutch Shell said on Tuesday it will not mount a legal challenge to the Nigerian government's plan to take over its oil fields in Ogoniland later this year.

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Nigeria: Russian, Chinese Oil Firms Jostle for Ogoni

Shell is said to be preparing for a legal battle because even though it has not produced in Ogoniland since 1993, the proven reserves there is at the heart of the company's business interests. Federal Government's withdrawal of the oil fields could affect Shell's market capitalisation and stocks, THISDAY can report.

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Oil Trades Above $136 as Nigerian Strike May Disrupt Supplies

Nigeria's state-owned oil company will take over operations in the southern Ogoni district from a Royal Dutch Shell Plc joint venture.

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SHELL OIL’S EXIT FROM OGONILAND & CALL FOR NEW OIL FIRM?

We demand of Shell Oil to begin cleaning the Ogoni environment of the pollution it created during its four decades of oil exploration in Ogoni.

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Nigeria: Mosop in Solidarity Procession Over Shell Sack

Movement for the Survival of Ogoni People (MOSOP), yesterday marched through the streets of Port-Harcourt, to support the Federal Government's move to pull Shell Petroleum Development Company out of Ogoniland.

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Nigeria’s Ogoni Movement Welcomes Shell’s Loss of Oilfields

Shell said yesterday that it hasn't been informed of the government's decision.

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Nigeria’s removal of Shell hailed

On Wednesday, President Yar'adua said Shell would be replaced by another company by the end of the year. Mr Saro-Wiwa Junior said Shell's removal from Ogoniland would send a signal to the rest of the volatile region that dialogue was the way forward.

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Nigeria to give Shell Ogoni oilwells to another firm

Shell closed its operations in the area in 1993 due largely to popular protests over pollution and lack of development.

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Nigeria to hand abandoned Shell fields to rival operator

Shell’s rocky relationship with Nigeria suffered a fresh blow last night when the Nigerian President said that oilfields abandoned by the group in the Niger Delta would be given to another company

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Another Operator to Take Over From Shell in Ogoniland

President Yar'Adua said it was clear that "there is a total loss of confidence between Shell and the Ogoni people"...

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New operator to replace Shell in Nigeria’s Ogoniland: president

ABUJA (AFP) — Nigerian President Umaru Yar'Adua on Wednesday said Anglo-Dutch oil giant Shell would be replaced by another operator by the end of the year in the volatile Niger Delta's oil-rich Ogoniland region. Speaking in Cape Town, Yar'Adua said it was clear "there is a total loss of confidence between Shell and the Ogoni people" and for that reason "another operator acceptable to the Ogonis" will take over from Shell.

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This Day Online (Nigeria): Ogoni: Shell Faces Infrastructure Crisis

This Day Online (Nigeria): Ogoni: Shell Faces Infrastructure Crisis

Saturday 25 June 2005

By Isichei Osamgbi, 06.25.2005

As the Reverend Father Mathew Hassan Kukah’s Panel on Ogoni-Shell reconciliation gets underway, the Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) is set to face fresh crisis, though this time in the area of maintenance of its age long facilities which have moved fast into very bad states.

A report made available to THISDAY, in response to recent press reports on the Ogoni reconciliation, the company appraised the huge cost of getting its facilities back into shape, noting the full implications, which are set to double its material cost of being operationally absent in the Ogoniland for about a decade, running into millions of dollars. read more

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