Globalinterdependence - Shell Nigeria

Question 1

How many miles of oil pipeline run through Nigeria?

Answer 1

2500

Question 2

How much money does oil contribute to the Nigerian government?

Answer 2

£1.1 bn in taxes and royalties

Question 3

How many barrels of oil are extracted daily?

Answer 3

572,000

Question 4

How many people does Shell employ in Nigeria?

Answer 4

6000

Question 5

What % of Shell in Nigeria contract are awarded to Nigerian companies?

Answer 5

94%

Question 6

Where are Shells headquarters?

Answer 6

The Hague, Holland

Question 7

Why was the choice of location for their headquarters criticised?

Answer 7

The Netherlands has traditionally behaved pragmatically towards the kinds of tax relief claimed by the country

Question 8

Why is being based in the Netherlands beneficial for Shell?

Answer 8

Allows easy access to EU markets

Question 9

How much of Nigerias Petroleum does Shell account for?

Answer 9

21%

Question 10

How many. Nigerian oil fields to shell operate in?

Answer 10

More than 80

Question 11

How much did shell contribute the Niger Delta development commission?

Answer 11

$1.9 bn since 2002

Question 12

How much did shell contribute to social investment funds for community driven projects?

Answer 12

$228 million

Question 13

Why is Shell being based in Nigeria beneficial?

Answer 13

Jobs created
Economy of country improves their exports.
Development through money, donated/given
Develops trade relationships

Question 14

What is social event happened in the 1990s?

Answer 14

Tensions rose between shell and Ogoni, people of the Niger, Delta

Question 15

Why were there tensions between Shell and the Ogoni people?

Answer 15

Because locals felt that they were getting very little money from the oil on their land and environmental damage was ruining it

Question 16

What happens between Shell and the Ogoni people in 1993?

Answer 16

Protests organised against shell and the government, Occupying company production facilities.

Question 17

What action did shall take following the 1993 protest?

Answer 17

They suspended operations in the area

Question 18

How did the Nigerian government respond to shells suspending operations?

Answer 18

They raided the villages and arrested the protest leaders, with some later being executed

Question 19

What percentage of oil spills did Shell claim were due to sabotage?

Answer 19

98%

Question 20

What constitutes sabotage?

Answer 20

Individuals from local villages during holes in the pipelines to capture the oil and sell it illegally

Question 21

When was shells estimation on sabotage lowered?

Answer 21

When Dutch courts ruled that Shell was liable for the pollution in the Niger, Delta in 2013

Question 22

What did shell lower their sabotage estimation to?

Answer 22

70%

Question 23

How many people live in the Ogale community?

Answer 23

40,000

Question 24

How have the Ogale community been affected by shells operations?

Answer 24

They have not had been drinking water, farmland or rivers since oil, spills as far back as 1986

Question 25

What did the 2011 report by Amnesty international show?

Answer 25

That the water supplies contain benzene and other carcinogens

Question 26

What did soil samples in Bodo show?

Answer 26

That out of 32 samples taken from the top 2 inches of soil, only one was within Nigeria’s legally acceptable limits for oil contamination

Question 27

What have levels of environmental damage in the Delta it being described as?

Answer 27

Catastrophic

Question 28

What impact of lawyers bills had on peoples livelihoods in Nigeria?

Answer 28

They have no chance to farm or Fish due to contamination, so have to find other means of work

Question 29

Why are Nigeria still willing to allow Shell access to oil reserves?

Answer 29

They provide huge economic benefit to the country by extracting oil