Shell’s Karoo fracking plans have catalysed a battle between the government and farmers as well as conservationists like billionaire Johann Rupert.
Apartheid-era land legislation is benefiting oil giant Shell, whereas traditional communities in KwaZulu-Natal, are earning practically nothing.
Protesters have denounced Shell’s "reckless" Arctic campaign, after it was forced to abandon drilling when a test of its protection systems failed.
Greenpeace says the oil company used "stock-car race" recklessness in testing its capping stack to prevent a Gulf of Mexico-style blowout.
Shell said on Monday it has completed the sale of its share of an onshore oil block in southern Nigeria to a consortium for $102-million.
Melting ice caps, the influx of trawlers, and Shell’s $4-billion investment to drill for fossil fuels in the Chukchi Sea all raise fears.
Amnesty International has reported that Shell lied about the magnitude of an oil spill in the Niger Delta.
Oil companies Engen and Shell have been hit with large fines for bitumen price collusion, which has reportedly been in shortage.
Latest Shell oil spill is comparable to the Exxon Mobil spill of 1998, say authorities as emergency measures are put in place to protect the coast.
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/ 14 November 2011
Shell says it’s dealing with a new oil spill in Nigeria’s onshore delta, the latest in a string of leaks it blames on sabotage attacks and oil theft.
Enemy at the gate, or Karoo’s saviour? Shell’s Jan Willem Eggink discusses the environmental risks and economic upsides of hydraulic fracturing.
Shell has fuelled armed conflict in Nigeria by paying hundreds of thousands of dollars to feuding militant groups.
There’s too much we still don’t know about the much-rumoured shale gas trapped beneath the ground in the Karoo, says scientist Maarten de Wit.
Shale gas primarily made up of methane and could offer a cleaner alternative to coal if safely harvested, a South African academic has argued.
The jury is still out on mining shale gas: will the economic benefits outweigh the environmental concerns?
Anglo-Dutch energy giant Shell has been ordered to withdraw "unsubstantiated" claims about hydraulic fracturing it made in newspaper adverts in SA.
Fracking in the Karoo has opened up deep divisions despite the government’s moratorium on all prospecting, pending an investigation into its impact.
Minister Susan Shabangu has halted all applications for licences to prospect for shale gas in the Karoo using the hydraulic-fracturing method.
Should we trust the same people who brought us dirty oil to bring us clean gas? <b>Verashni Pillay</b> thinks not.
Shell says we’re entering a ‘zone of uncertainty’ over oil supply.
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/ 1 February 2011
A controversial application by oil giant Shell to explore for gas in an area of the Karoo should be put on hold, the DA says.
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/ 30 November 2010
Nigerian anti-corruption authorities have summoned top officials from Shell and Halliburton as part of separate investigations into alleged bribery.
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/ 10 November 2010
Nigeria marked 15 years since the execution of activist Ken Saro-Wiwa and his campaign against the oil industry drew the world’s attention to abuses.
Royal Dutch Shell spilled nearly 14 000 tonnes of crude oil into the creeks of the Niger Delta last year, the company has announced.
Shell Oil said on Thursday it was considering selling most of its service stations and other downstream assets in 21 African countries.
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/ 14 September 2009
Energy giants Chevron, Shell and ExxonMobil on Monday agreed to develop Australia’s massive Gorgon field.
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/ 12 September 2009
Engen Petroleum and KenolKobil said they plan to buy BP and Shell’s Zimbabwe assets in anticipation of growth under a unity government.
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/ 9 September 2009
Anglo-Dutch oil group Shell has halted oil production of 115 000 barrels a day at its EA oilfield in southern Nigeria, it said on Wednesday.
Shell has agreed to pay ,5m in settlement of a legal action in which it was accused of having collaborated in the execution of the Ken Saro-Wiwa.
Shell faces allegations of complicity in horrific abuses by the Nigerian government, including the execution of environmental protestor Ken Saro-Wiwa.
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/ 30 September 2008
Oil giant Shell has become the first Western oil company to win significant access to the energy sector in Iraq since the 1970s, in a $4-billion move.
Production is soaring in Alberta’s bitumen belt, but the environment is suffering, writes John Vidal.