Advertisement The subsidiaries affected by the injunction granted on January 25, 2021, are Royal Dutch Shell; Shell Western Supply and Trading; Shell International Trading and Shipping Company; and Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company. The injunction was granted to recover the cash value of 16 million barrels of crude oil allegedly diverted from AITEO Eastern E & P Company Limited. AITEO and some other indigenous oil producers including Belemaoil, Eroton and Newcross had raised a dispute with Shell over allegations of the unapproved methodology used in calculating the volume of crude it lifts on their behalf from the terminal. Advertisement The companies argued that Shell deploys underhand practices including using unapproved meters to facilitate crude theft.