Shell Loses Dutch Court Case Over Nigeria Oil Spills
Shell Loses Dutch Court Case Over Nigeria Oil Spills Bloomberg 1/29/2021 Diederik Baazil and Laura Hurst (Bloomberg) -- A Dutch court has ordered Royal Dutch Shell Plc’s Nigerian unit to compensate for oil spills in two villages over 13 years ago. Popular Searches Shell Nigeria is liable for damages from pipeline leaks in the villages of Oruma and Goi, the Hague Court of Appeals said in a ruling Friday. The amount of compensation will be decided later. The court also ordered the Nigerian unit and its Hague-headquartered parent company to build better warning systems so fut...