Aug 12, 2021
Shell pays $111m over 1970s oil spill in Nigeria
Oil giant Shell will pay a Nigerian community $111m over an oil spill more than 50 years ago. A Nigerian court fined Shell the equivalent of $41.36m in 2010, but the company launched a number of unsuccessful appeals. Last year, the country's Supreme Court said that, with interest, the fine owed by the company was more than ten times greater than the original judgement, although Shell denied this. While the case dates back decades, pollution from leaking oil pipelines continues to be a major issue in the Niger Delta. Earlier this year, in a separate case, a Dutch appeals court ruled that Shell's Nigerian branch was responsible for damage caused by leaks in the Niger Delta from 2004 to 2007.The court ordered Shell Nigeria to pay compensation to Nigerian farmers, while the subsidiary and its Anglo-Dutch parent company were told to install equipment to prevent future damage.
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