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Nigerian employees of the Anglo-Dutch oil company Shell ordered the deliberate vandalisation of oil pipelines for personal gain, a documentary in the Netherlands has reported. Dutch television documentary programme Zembla, together with Dutch environmentalist organisation Milieudefensie, reported in a programme to be aired on Thursday that “multiple witnesses declared that SPDC, a subsidiary of Shell, caused the oil leaks”. “According to sources, Shell employees profit from these intentional oil leaks by pocketing money from clean up budgets,” Zembla said in a press release summarisi...

10 dec 2020  •   leestijd 4 minuten Employees of Shell in Nigeria ordered the vandalization of oil pipelines for their own personal gain. Speaking to Zembla and the Dutch environmentalist organization Milieudefensie, multiple witnesses declared that SPDC, a subsidiary of Shell, caused the oil leaks. According to sources, Shell employees profit from these intentional oil leaks by pocketing money from cleanup budgets. From the investigation conducted by Milieudefensie and verified by Zembla, it appears that Shell’s subsidiary SPDC is aware of these accusations but has done nothing about t...

Shell employees spill to order in Bayelsa, NGO alleges Shell employees in Nigeria have purposefully caused oil spills in order to win clean-up business, the Netherlands’ Milieudefensie has claimed. An illegal fitting on the Okordia-Rumuekpe pipeline, in a picture from Shell Nigeria Register here for the Energy Voice daily newsletter, bringing you key news and insight from across the global energy landscape. Thank you for signing up to our newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up Shell employees in Nigeria have purposefully caused oil spills in order to win c...

In response, Shell, said they are unaware of any involvement by employees or contractors in causing these oil leaks.

Shell workers deliberately cause oil spills in Nigeria, investigation finds 10 Dec 2020 Topics Insight The Western multinational finds itself in the eye of the storm after its employees were found to be spilling oil to earn illicit money cleaning it up. Employees of the Anglo-Dutch oil company Shell appear to be involved in causing oil spills in Nigeria in a bid to rake in cash for cleaning up. An investigation set to air on Dutch television found according to multiple witnesses “that SPDC, a subsidiary of Shell, caused the oil leaks” in the oil-rich Niger Delta region of Nigeria. “Acco...