The [Agunowei] family...have their very existence threatened. They have had to live for the last seven months with the toxic fumes emanating from the spill which is just barely 10 metres away from their residence. Such is their precarious situation that a careless match or smoking ember could set off a conflagration that could consume them...Shell officials were alerted to the rupture [of the well which caused the spill] in November, 2006 and it was attributed to equipment failure...[But] none of [the] spill sites have been remediated by Shell. [also refers to Nigeria Agip Oil Company (NAOC) (joint venture Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation, ENI ConocoPhillips)]