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In the latest setback for the oil giant, Shell has had to terminate the contract for the seismic ship that was due to undertake highly controversail exploration off South Africa's wild coast, after a court ruled at the end of December that Shell had not adequately consulted the local community.

The vessel hired by Royal Dutch Shell Plc to look for potential oil and gas fields is on course to leave South African waters after community groups won a court case to temporarily halt the activity.

The vessel hired by Royal Dutch Shell Plc to look for potential oil and gas fields is on course to leave South African waters after community groups won a court case to temporarily halt the activity.

The Amazon Warrior, which had been working for Shell off South Africa, is leaving the country following a court ruling.

The Amazon Warrior has headed back around the Cape of Good Hope from the Wild Coast.

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On Tuesday, the Grahamstown High Court in Makhanda ordered Shell to immediately halt seismic survey activities along South Africa’s Wild Coast. Also, Shell and the Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy were ordered to pay the costs of the application for the interim interdict.

A court in South Africa has ordered Shell to halt a seismic campaign off the Wild Coast, an iconic s...

The world’s biggest survey ship, the Amazon Warrior, has at least the weekend to continue its seismic blasting for Shell along the ecologically sensitive Wild Coast.