As Shell, Eni quit Niger Delta, state-backed report describes legacy of carnage

Mongabay
May 16, 2023, 4:22 pm177 pts
Oil and gas companies, led by Shell, Eni, Chevron, Total and ExxonMobil, spilled 110,000 barrels of oil into Nigeria’s Bayelsa state over the past 50 years, a new report says. The report, released by a commission of experts set up by the state government in 2019, also reported finding levels of heavy metals…

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