A British judge ruled on Thursday that Nigeria’s Bodo community, which has been involved in a protracted legal battle with Shell over the clean-up of two 2008 oil spills, should retain the option of litigation for another year.
Read MoreLawyers for the Bodo community in Nigeria’s oil-producing Niger Delta, which was devastated by two major oil spills a decade ago, went to court in London on Tuesday to fend off what they said was an attempt by Shell to kill off their litigation.
Read MoreThe Court of Appeal in London ruled on Wednesday that two Nigerian communities cannot pursue Royal Dutch Shell in English courts over oil spills in Nigeria’s Delta region.
Read MoreAngola saw nearly two dozen spills during the first quarter of 2017, involving close to a hundred barrels of crude, according to data from the Angolan Oil Ministry. According to a document of the ministry led by Botelho de Vasconcelos, this is an increase of 61 barrels spilled compared to the previous period, between October and December 2016, and no occurrences were registered, according to the Angolan authorities, of cross-border origin.(source: Lusa)
Read MoreNigeria’s National Assembly said on Wednesday oil major Shell should pay $3.96 billion for a 2011 spill at its offshore Bonga oilfield in the latest assessment of damage to the environment. The non-binding decision comes after years of analysis by various Nigerian state agencies, which have proposed a range of fines as high as $11.5 billion.
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