Nigeria Parliament: Shell should pay $4 billion for 2011 oil spill

The Nairobi-based United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) has criticized Shell in the past for not doing enough to clean up spills and maintain infrastructure. Nigeria is Africa’s largest oil exporter and an OPEC member but the environmental toll has been huge. The mangrove creeks of the delta region are heavily polluted mainly due to leaks from illegal pipeline tapping and sabotage.

On Monday, Shell had to shut down a pipeline as a result of a new leak close to where it was removing oil taps.

Source: Reuters

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