3.4 - Shell in the Niger Delta

Question 1

How many oil spills did Shell have in the Niger Delta?

Answer 1

• 3000 over 20 years (40% of its global oil spills)

Question 2

Negatives of Shell’s investment?

Answer 2

• Groundwater contaminated with carcinogens
• Infant mortality increasing - 11,000 premature deaths due to environmental pollution

Question 3

What % of Nigeria’s export earnings rely on the delta?

Answer 3

80%

Question 4

Problems with informal refineries?

Answer 4

• Hundreds of thousands of young workers employed to fill up boats and deliver offshore working in dangerous conditions - poverty = they dont care and corruption = gov allows them to carry on (unregulated working conditions)
• Shell’s pipelines damaged by sabotage - contributing to oil spills

Question 5

How are indigenous groups affected?

Answer 5

The Ogoni group stripped of their livelihoods and land and reaped no benefits