Crude OilNigeriaDevelopmentEconomyThe aim of this paper is to investigate whether the She oil company, through investment and crude oil exploration, benefits socio-economic growth in Nigeria in general and in the Niger Delta of Nigeria in particular. In 1998, the United Nations Special Rapporteur'...
Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company (SNEPCo) has been named Major Oil Company of the Year for last year by a Nigerian publication, Energy Times in recognition of its contributions to deep-water oil and gas development and the industry generally. Energy Times also awarded the title ...
In 1947, the first commercially viable offshore well was drilled in the Gulf of Mexico and within 8 years the company had over 300 such wells. New discoveries were also made in Borneo and the Niger Delta, and commercial production of oil in Nigeria began in 1958. A number of scientific ...
Amidst Shell's successes that year, the company did come under fire when Ken Saro-Wiwa, a Nobel Peace Prize nominee, was put to death after leading a campaign against Shell's operations in Nigeria. In 1994, the activist had been arrested as part of a military program designed to protect ...
From Spills to Silence: Shell Tries to Walk Away From Nigeria’s Poisoned Past May 10th, 2025 by admin. Comments are off for this post Shell has removed just 7% of the oil. The rest, it seems, is still marinating in the Niger Delta’s mangroves—turning creeks into carcinogenic soup...
Shell in talks with Nigeria to divest onshore oil stakes May 18, 2021: Shell, the operator of the West African country’s onshore oil and gas joint venture SPDC, has struggled for years with spills in the Niger Delta as a result of pipeline theft and sabotage as well as operational issu...
SHELLCOMPANYOILSPILLS IN NIGERIA By MOHAMMAD MOHIB SIDDIQI H00034532 Executive SummaryShellis one of the global energy and petroleumcompaniesaround the world. The strategy ofShellCompanyis to generate more profit for the organization and to move forward the business investments so thatShellCompanyis sus...
Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company Limited (SNEPCo), which produces oil and gas in the deepwater Gulf of Guinea; Shell Nigeria Gas Limited (SNG), which provides gas to domestic industrial and commercial customers; and Daystar Power Group, which provides integrated ...
“This agreement marks an important milestone for Shell in Nigeria, aligning with our previously announced intent to exit onshore oil production in the Niger Delta,” Zoe Yujnovich, Shell’s integrated gas and upstream director, said in a statement. This will help in “simplifying our portfoli...
Shell is selling its onshore subsidiary in Nigeria for $2.4bn. The new owners are Renaissance, a consortium of businessmen that includes Nigerians, a non-Nigerian, and a Special Purpose Vehicle. We dig into the five companies.