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Title: Oil groups form $1bn spill response unit [USA]
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Oil groups form $1bn spill response unit [USA]
Author:
Sheila McNulty, Financial Times
Dated:
21 Jul 2010
Four of the world’s biggest oil companies announced on Wednesday that they were pooling $1bn to form a joint venture to develop a deepwater Gulf of Mexico oil spill response and containment system. ExxonMobil, Royal Dutch Shell, Chevron and ConocoPhillips will each initially invest 25 per cent in a new standalone company. BP has not been included...The role of the venture will be to develop and have available in the waters of the Gulf equipment to prevent another spill on the scale suffered by BP’s Macondo well. The joint venture will permit others operating in the deepwater fields to join, allowing them to access the equipment in case they have an accident. The venture is seen as an attempt by the oil groups to secure permission to return to deepwater drilling in the Gulf...The White House...underscored that the ongoing investigation of the causes of the Deepwater Horizon disaster would ultimately dictate the kinds of safety regulatory reforms that will be needed to make deepwater drilling safe [also refers to PFC Energy]
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BP Executives' Human-Rights Miscalculation: Have They Bet the Company?
Author:
Raymond Brown - Greenbaum, Rowe, Smith & Davis law firm, on DiversityInc [USA]
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"A fisher[man] who can no longer eat the fish he catches because the water has been polluted...may not know that access to safe and nutritious food is actually a human right..."... Before the recent...Deepwater Horizon [disaster]..., one could assume that no BP executive imagined that our "fisherman" with the inedible catch might be an American... BP's leadership...[has] performed many human-rights impact assessments (HRIAs) in other parts of the world... How, then, did BP executives fail to grasp the human-rights implications of drilling activities in the Gulf?... The first [possible explanation] is that BP executives deliberately risked disaster for profit. The second is that BP inadvertently failed to perform a thorough risk assessment... In part, it appears that BP's executives shared the view of many in the western business world that human-rights issues are relevant to ventures in "third world," "frontier" or underdeveloped countries... BP and other major oil companies did limited environmental assessments...[but they] failed to identify the [human rights] consequences of a disaster... [An] HRIA incorporates interaction with "rights holders"...
Title: Native Alaskans say oil drilling threatens way of life
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Native Alaskans say oil drilling threatens way of life
Author:
BBC News
Dated:
20 Jul 2010
…Twice a year Native Alaskan communities like…[Barrow in Alaska] hunt whale…But many here worry the whales will bypass Barrow's waters if offshore oil exploration goes ahead, and they have filed lawsuits to stop it. Oil company Shell has spent billions of dollars to lease tracts of seabed from the US government…But the Obama administration…called a temporary halt after the BP oil spill thousands of miles away in the Gulf of Mexico…Pete Slaiby, vice-president of Shell Alaska [said] "We would not have put the money down on these leases had we not felt we could go in and drill these leases safely…"
Title: On the Frontier of Alien Tort Claims
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On the Frontier of Alien Tort Claims
Author:
Lee G. Dunst, New York Law Journal
Dated:
19 Jul 2010
Since the 1980s, civil plaintiffs have attempted to use the Alien Tort Claims Act to hold private corporations responsible in U.S. courts for alleged human rights violations committed abroad…[T]he Court [in Sosa v. Alvarez-Machain] failed to define an "international law norm," and, as a result, many lower courts have allowed a wide latitude for foreign plaintiffs to continue filing their human rights claims under numerous theories…This "Wild West" environment of litigation under the act could be transformed, however, if the U.S. Supreme Court were to step in and grant a certiorari petition. To date, this has not happened...[Also refers to lawsuits against Bayoil, Coca Cola, Drummond, El Paso, NuCoastal, Pfizer, Rio Tinto, Shell, Talisman]
Title: Oil companies fined for Buncefield explosion [UK]
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Oil companies fined for Buncefield explosion [UK]
Author:
Jane Croft, Financial Times
Dated:
16 Jul 2010
Five companies have been ordered to pay more than £9m for their part in an explosion at Buncefield oil depot five years ago which caused the largest fire in peacetime Europe. The explosion...injured 40 people, destroyed homes and...[caused] damage to the local environment...Total UK had already pleaded guilty to three charges last November including that it failed to ensure the health and safety of its employees and members of the public contrary to the Health and Safety at Work act...Hertfordshire Oil Storage, which was owned by Total and Texaco [part of Chevron] at the time, was found guilty of failing to...prevent major accidents and also it pleaded guilty to another charge of allowing polluting matter to enter into the groundwater...British Pipeline Agency, owned by Shell and BP, pleaded guilty to charges of failing to take measures necessary to prevent major accidents and causing pollution to enter into controlled waters...TAV Engineering and Motherwell Control Systems 2003...were both found guilty of failing to ensure that members of the public were not exposed to health and safety risks.
Title: Oil spill: Shell appeals against N15bn judgment [Nigeria]
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Oil spill: Shell appeals against N15bn judgment [Nigeria]
Author:
Tony Amokeodo, Martins Ayankola, Sola Adebayo, Chukwudi Akasike, Punch [Nigeria]
Dated:
07 Jul 2010
The Shell Petroleum Development Company Nigeria…stated that it had appealed against the judgment of a Federal High Court in Asaba, which ordered it to pay N15.4bn damages to Ejama Ebubu Community in Rivers State over oil spill in the area…[Shell] had in a statement…alleged that the spill in question occurred during the Nigerian civil war, when advancing troops set up the leak. It said, “We were not operating in the area at the time because of the civil war. SPDC JV will continue to operate in an environmentally friendly manner.”
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Court Orders Shell to Pay Community N15.4bn [Nigeria]
Author:
Davidson Iriekpen, This Day [Nigeria]
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Justice Ibrahim Buba of the Federal High Court in Asaba, Delta State, [Nigeria] has ordered multi-national oil giant, Shell Petroleum Development Company Limited (SPDC) to pay the people of Ejama-Ebubu Community in Tai Eleme local government area of Rivers State the sum of N15.4billion as special and punitive damages for oil spill in community in 1970. In his judgment, Justice Buba also ordered the multi-national oil giant to de-pollute and rehabilitate the dry land and swamps to its pre-impact status...[T]he Judge held: “I also assess and award the plaintiffs claim against the defendants in punitive terms of general damages...for general inconveniences, acid rain, pollution of underground water and hardship to the population, who have been deprived of the right to self sustenance, education and good life”
Title: Court Orders Shell to Pay Community N15.4bn [Nigeria]
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Court Orders Shell to Pay Community N15.4bn [Nigeria]
Author:
Davidson Iriekpen, This Day [Nigeria]
Dated:
06 Jul 2010
Justice Ibrahim Buba of the Federal High Court in Asaba, Delta State, [Nigeria] has ordered multi-national oil giant, Shell Petroleum Development Company Limited (SPDC) to pay the people of Ejama-Ebubu Community in Tai Eleme local government area of Rivers State the sum of N15.4billion as special and punitive damages for oil spill in community in 1970. In his judgment, Justice Buba also ordered the multi-national oil giant to de-pollute and rehabilitate the dry land and swamps to its pre-impact status...[T]he Judge held: “I also assess and award the plaintiffs claim against the defendants in punitive terms of general damages...for general inconveniences, acid rain, pollution of underground water and hardship to the population, who have been deprived of the right to self sustenance, education and good life”
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Shell condamné pour avoir pollué des terres [Nigeria]
Author:
Audrey Chauvet, 20minutes [France]
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La société Shell a été condamnée à verser à une communauté du delta du Niger la somme de 83 millions d’euros…Shell était poursuivie pour avoir pollué plus de 250.000 hectares de terres avec du pétrole…Outre le versement de cette amende, la Shell a été condamnée à dépolluer et à réhabiliter les terrains concernés…Mais selon Shell…les fuites sont largement causées par des actes de sabotage et par des voleurs de pétrole…Les observations du PNUE (Programme des Nations unies pour l’environnement) vont également dans ce sens…Quelles qu’en soient les raisons, le désastre écologique et humain dans le delta du Niger est sans équivalent...
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Oil spill: Shell appeals against N15bn judgment [Nigeria]
Author:
Tony Amokeodo, Martins Ayankola, Sola Adebayo, Chukwudi Akasike, Punch [Nigeria]
Dated:
The Shell Petroleum Development Company Nigeria…stated that it had appealed against the judgment of a Federal High Court in Asaba, which ordered it to pay N15.4bn damages to Ejama Ebubu Community in Rivers State over oil spill in the area…[Shell] had in a statement…alleged that the spill in question occurred during the Nigerian civil war, when advancing troops set up the leak. It said, “We were not operating in the area at the time because of the civil war. SPDC JV will continue to operate in an environmentally friendly manner.”
Title: APG details 19 exclusions; plans ESG by asset class
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APG details 19 exclusions; plans ESG by asset class
Author:
Daniel Brooksbank, Responsible Investor
Dated:
06 Jul 2010
APG Asset Management…has detailed the 19 companies it excludes from its portfolio – as well as outlining its plans to develop a formal environmental, social and governance (ESG) strategy...During the year APG made investments in…energy saving technologies. Among them was Biogreen Oil…Longyuan and…Infigen…APG said it would consider its investment in Daewoo over its gas operations in Burma, although it finds no grounds for divesting from Total over its Burma operations. It would also look at Vedanta Resources’ mining operations in Orissa… APG Exclusions: Aerostar [part of Raven Industries], Alliant Techsystems, GenCorp, General Dynamics, Goodrich, Hanwha, Kaman, Larsen & Toubro, L-3, Lockheed Martin, Magellan Aerospace, Norinco, Poongsan, Raytheon, SingTel, Textron, Tata, Valentec, Zodiac. [also refers to BP, Shell]
Title: Shell condamné pour avoir pollué des terres [Nigeria]
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Shell condamné pour avoir pollué des terres [Nigeria]
Author:
Audrey Chauvet, 20minutes [France]
Dated:
6 juillet 2010
La société Shell a été condamnée à verser à une communauté du delta du Niger la somme de 83 millions d’euros…Shell était poursuivie pour avoir pollué plus de 250.000 hectares de terres avec du pétrole…Outre le versement de cette amende, la Shell a été condamnée à dépolluer et à réhabiliter les terrains concernés…Mais selon Shell…les fuites sont largement causées par des actes de sabotage et par des voleurs de pétrole…Les observations du PNUE (Programme des Nations unies pour l’environnement) vont également dans ce sens…Quelles qu’en soient les raisons, le désastre écologique et humain dans le delta du Niger est sans équivalent...
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Court Orders Shell to Pay Community N15.4bn [Nigeria]
Author:
Davidson Iriekpen, This Day [Nigeria]
Dated:
Justice Ibrahim Buba of the Federal High Court in Asaba, Delta State, [Nigeria] has ordered multi-national oil giant, Shell Petroleum Development Company Limited (SPDC) to pay the people of Ejama-Ebubu Community in Tai Eleme local government area of Rivers State the sum of N15.4billion as special and punitive damages for oil spill in community in 1970. In his judgment, Justice Buba also ordered the multi-national oil giant to de-pollute and rehabilitate the dry land and swamps to its pre-impact status...[T]he Judge held: “I also assess and award the plaintiffs claim against the defendants in punitive terms of general damages...for general inconveniences, acid rain, pollution of underground water and hardship to the population, who have been deprived of the right to self sustenance, education and good life”
Title: [PDF] Revenue transparency to mitigate the resource curse in the Niger Delta? - Potential and Reality of NEITI
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[PDF] Revenue transparency to mitigate the resource curse in the Niger Delta? - Potential and Reality of NEITI
Author:
Marie Müller, Bonn International Center for Conversion (BICC)
Dated:
June 2010
…Nigeria can serve as an interesting test case for inquiring to what extent revenue transparency can actually contribute to greater accountability…The paper is therefore guided by the question: To what extent can the Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative mitigate the resource curse in the Niger Delta?... The paper begins with a discussion of the possible negative consequences of oil exploitation in developing countries…Section 2 analyzes what constituted the resource curse in the case of the Niger Delta, applying the analytical framework…[T]he third section assesses the potential of NEITI to alleviate some of the grievances emanating from oil extraction in the Niger Delta…After a presentation of NEITI the author delineates the limitations to its impact…[refers to Agip (part of Eni), Chevron, Mobil Oil (part of ExxonMobil), Elf Petroleum Nigeria, Nigerian National Petroleum Company, Shell]
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BICC: Occasional Paper V “Potential and reality of NEITI”
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Bonn International Center for Conversion (BICC)
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Peace in the Niger Delta, following the implementation of the amnesty for militants in October 2009, is very fragile. This period of fragile peace is the right time to consider how some of the problems surrounding oil extraction in the Niger Delta can be addressed…As the international Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) is purported by many as a means to overcome such a resource curse, this Paper investigates the extent…the Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI) can mitigate the resource curse in the Niger Delta...NEITI does not seem able to generally improve government and oil company accountability as it is dependent on other Nigerian political and judicial institutions to have an impact...[O]ther political forces...are the agents of change.
Title: Civil society coalition calls for a new compensation body to address oil spills in the Niger Delta
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Civil society coalition calls for a new compensation body to address oil spills in the Niger Delta
Author:
Coalition of Nigerian and International human, children and environmental rights groups
Dated:
July 2010
BP’s Gulf of Mexico…oil spill has been correctly identified as a massive emergency and it is time to recognise that the ongoing oil spills, conflict and human rights abuses in the Niger Delta should also be acknowledged as an emergency demanding a concerted international response…[We] call for urgent action by the US, British and Nigerian governments and oil companies including ExxonMobil, Shell and Chevron…[W]hilst the American government has secured a $20 billion package from BP to compensate the communities affected by the Gulf of Mexico spill, communities in the Niger Delta are offered little or no justice. The recent devastating oil spills by ExxonMobil in Akwa Ibom state highlight this case perfectly…We believe that the following steps are needed to address the issues of oil spills and environmental degradation in the Niger Delta…
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Nigerians angry at oil pollution double standards
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Christian Purefoy, CNN
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Nigeria's Niger Delta is one of the most oil-polluted places on the planet with more than 6,800 recorded oil spills...But occurring over the 50 years since oil production began in the Delta, this environmental disaster has never received the attention that is now being paid to the oil-spill catastrophe hitting the U.S. Gulf coast. "The whole world is trembling..." said Ken Tebe -- a local environmental activist who is visibly shaken by what he regards as a double standard. "It's funny because we've been dealing with this problem for 50 years. I even heard BP will pay $20 billion in damages (for the U.S. spill). When will such hope come to the Niger Delta?" Tebe asked...Mutiu Sunmonu, the managing director of Shell Nigeria, told CNN the industry is committed, after any spill, to "restore the environment to its previous status." Yet...it's clear many locals don't believe the oil companies..."The truth is that the oil has not been mopped up from the soil. We have a series of spills in the Niger Delta for more than 30 years that have not been cleaned up," Tebe said. [also refers to BP, ExxonMobil, Agip, ENI, Chevron]
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Fishing Communities Lament Oil Spill In Akwa Ibom [Nigeria]
Author:
Bernard Tolani Dada, Leadership [Nigeria]
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As Mobil Producing Nigeria (MPN), an affiliate of…ExxonMobil confirmed another oil spill at its Qua Iboe oil fields…fishermen and several communities affected by the spill have continued to express their disgust and anguish over what they term as cessation of their economic livelihood…[T]he chairman Akwa Ibom State Fishermen Association, Mr. Ayadi said...Mobil shouldn't waste time in ensuring that all necessary machinery are put in place in ensuring that cleaning and clearing exercises commence immediately and necessary compensation paid to his members who had suffered untold hardship for long a result of the spill. [also refers to Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation]
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Mobil Admits Oil Spill In Nigeria's Akwa Ibom State
Author:
Obafemi Oredein, Dow Jones Newswires
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Mobil Producing Nigeria Unlimited, or MPN, [part of ExxonMobil] has deployed a team to inspect the shorelines of Ibeno in Nigeria's southeastern Akwa Ibom state, where an oil spill occurred...Nigel Cookey-Gam, Mobil's public and government affairs officer, said...MPN continues to monitor the area to clean up of any residual deposits arising from the May 1 oil leak incident. "MPN restates its commitments to maintaining high safety, health and environmental standards in our operations, and is committed to the well-being of our neighboring communities," Cookey-Gam said. He said MPN reported another oil spill incident offshore when "a very minor discharge...occurred at Yoho production platform while a tanker was being loaded." He said regulatory authorities were notified and the discharge was dispersed and evaporated.
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