Sunday 11 January 2015

Shell compensates Nigerians over 'devastating' oil spills

OIL AND GAS
Shell compensates Nigerians over 'devastating' oil spills
London (AFP) Jan 7, 2015 - Royal Dutch Shell is to pay more than $80 million to a Nigerian fishing community "devastated" by two serious oil spills in 2008, it was announced Wednesday, while the clean-up could take years. The Anglo-Dutch energy giant's Nigerian arm has agreed to pay Pounds 55 million ($83.5 million, 70 million euros) to people in Bodo, a town in southern Nigeria, following a three-year legal battle. The ... more


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