Open Brief aan Peter Voser, CEO van Shell: Nigeria brandt. Shell, stop daarmee!
Geschreven op 29-4-2010 - Erik van Erne. Geplaatst in Agenda, Milieu
13 juni 2010: De ogen van de wereld zijn al wekenlang gericht op de golf van Mexico, waar BP een olielek probeert te stoppen, diep onder het zeeoppervlak.
Ondertussen voltrekt zich in de Niger Delta, het zuidelijke deel van Nigeria, al 50 jaar een olieramp.
Sinds de oliemaatschappijen daar hun jacht op olie begonnen, is er naar schatting 1,5 miljoen ton olie over de landbouwgronden en in de moerassen gestroomd. Die vervuiling gaat onverminderd door. De bevolking wil dat het eindelijk stopt en richt zijn woede op Shell. De leidende Nederlands/Britse oliegigant maakt miljarden winst, maar wordt ervan beschuldigd milieu en mensenrechten op te offeren. ZEMBLA trok naar de Niger Delta en zag de praktijken van Shell.
Ondertussen presenteert Shell prachtige winstcijfers in Den Haag en weet het bestuur de aandeelhouders, waaronder grote pensioenfondsen, ervan te overtuigen dat ze op een nette, duurzame manier werken in Nigeria. Rick van der Ploeg, hoogleraar economie aan de Oxford University vraagt zich af of de pensioenfondsen de ellende die de oliewinning met zich meebrengt, wel op hun geweten willen hebben: “Als de aandeelhouders echt eens door de Niger Delta gaan lopen, eens zien wat er met de locale bevolking gebeurt, dan vraag ik me af of je je nog zo comfortabel voelt met hebben van die aandeeltjes Shell.”
ZEMBLA-aflevering: ‘Vuile olie van Shell’, wordt uitgezonden op zondag 13 juni om 21.45 uur bij de VARA/NPS op Nederland 2 en herhaald op dinsdag 15 juni om 10.35 uur bij de VARA/NPS op Nederland 2.
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29 april 2010: Geachte Peter Voser,
Wetenschappers, ingenieurs en de hele technische community van Shell werken aan de ontwikkeling en toepassing van technologieën om de uitstoot van CO2 naar de atmosfeer te verlagen, zegt Shell op haar website.
In Nigeria laat Shell dag en nacht 110 gasfakkels branden. Samen zorgen die voor de uitstoot van een hoeveelheid broeikasgas die gelijk staat aan het halve Nederlandse personenwagenpark. Terwijl dit afgefakkelde gas gewoon gebruikt kan worden als aardgas. Zegt de werkelijkheid. Nigeria brandt. Shell, stop daarmee!
Zie ook: Shell: Peter Voser opvolger van Jeroen van der Veer - Een waardig afscheid van Jeroen van der Veer: Shell’s Big Dirty Secret - Daar heb je Jeroen van der Veer weer !
Ruim vijftienduizend handtekeningen van bezorgde mensen heeft Milieudefensie binnengekregen in de eerste weken van haar campagne Nigeria brandt. Shell, stop daarmee!. Deze mensen roepen Shell op om te stoppen met het affakkelen van gas dat vrijkomt bij oliewinning in Nigeria. Die achterhaalde praktijk, waarbij het gas simpelweg in brand wordt gestoken, veroorzaakt elke dag evenveel CO2-uitstoot als de helft van alle Nederlandse personenwagens. Milieudefensie spreekt ook Shell-werknemers en -aandeelhouders aan op de onnodige bijdrage aan het klimaatprobleem die hun bedrijf veroorzaakt.
Erik van Erne zegt:
5 mei 2010 om 12:31 | Permalink
Shell spilt 14 000 tons of crude in Niger
Royal Dutch Shell PLC spilled nearly 14,000 tons of crude oil into the creeks of the Niger Delta last year, the company has announced, blaming thieves and militants for the environmental damage. Shell is blaming militants, thieves and the weather for the damage.
Erik van Erne zegt:
8 mei 2010 om 10:39 | Permalink
Fresh Shell Oil Spills At Edagberi Nigeria: Adibawa Lake Seriously Impacted
JK4, otherwise called Edagberi, is the 4th settlement of the Engene people of Joinkrama in Ahoada LGA of Rivers State. Some of its closest neighbours are Akinima [Headquarters of the LGA] and Biseni in Bayelsa State.
JK4 owns over 40 oil wells operated by Shell. The community is faced with environmental hazards occasioned by gas flared from the Adibawa Flow Station and from incessant oil spills in the environment. These oil spills have been attributed to equipment failure as the pipelines are old and rusty. Only recently, some of these pipes laid over forty years ago were replaced along the Adibawa flow line that delivers crude to the Okordia Manifold.
Following report of fresh oil spills, ERA’s field monitors visited JK4 on May 2, 2010. They observed oil slick floating on the Adibawa Lake though its spread was somehow hindered by water weeds and a small boom. Destroyed fishing nets were also noticed in the polluted environment. Community folks say the spill occurred from failure of old rusty pipelines. The distance between the impacted sites of the lake and the Adibawa Flow Station is about 200 meters yet the sound of the gas flare was very audible.
Friends of the Earth Nigeria
Erik van Erne zegt:
19 mei 2010 om 22:25 | Permalink
Shell pledges $2B to cut gas flaring in Nigeria
Royal Dutch Shell PLC announced Wednesday it will spend more than $2 billion to sharply reduce the burning off of natural gas at its oil wells in Nigeria — gases that when burned contribute to global warming and sicken people living nearby.
In a statement, Shell said its Nigerian subsidiary would use the money to capture the natural gas released at 26 flow stations in the oil-rich Niger Delta. The company said it had planned the work there for some time but funding problems and concerns about security delayed the projects. Militants and criminals routinely sabotage pipelines and kidnap workers in the delta.
Erik van Erne zegt:
13 juni 2010 om 11:10 | Permalink
ERA/FoEN’s field monitor reports a serious leakage from an Agip Pipeline that was laid in the heart of Kalaba community, Bayelsa State, Nigeria this year.
The noise from the leakage poses great fear of possible fire explosion to the people of the community. http://tinyurl.com/3anz2eu
Erik van Erne zegt:
30 juni 2010 om 13:53 | Permalink
Nigeria’s oil spill crisis by CNN: Nigeria’s Niger Delta has suffered from 50 years of oil spills. CNN’s Christian Purefoy reports.
Erik van Erne zegt:
30 juni 2010 om 14:02 | Permalink
Shell’s website coverd with continous #oilspill
Erik van Erne zegt:
4 juli 2010 om 10:52 | Permalink
Shell Lets Go TV ad – Guitar_re-edit
After winning the Greenwashing awards in the Netherlands on June 29, 2010 Shell has released an updated version of their “let’s go” campaign. We appreciate their honesty but they forgot to mention how you were responsible for the hanging of Ken Saro-Wiwa in Nigeria for his non-violent protest on November 10, 1995.
Erik van Erne zegt:
23 augustus 2010 om 18:26 | Permalink
From Brazil to Nigeria, Shell Fights Pollution Allegations
At the end of last week a Brazilian court fined the local units of Shell and BASF a total of BRL1.1 billion ($654 million) in compensation and medical costs to workers who were harmed by contamination at a chemicals plant in Paulinia, Sao Paulo. The Paulinia unit was built by Shell in the late 1970s and was sold to Cyanamid in the early nineties. BASF later bought Cyanamid and shut the Paulinia plant down in 2002. Read more at Oil Change International
Erik van Erne zegt:
24 augustus 2010 om 06:52 | Permalink
The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Statement on the Cause of Oil Spills in the Niger Delta
The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), at the request of the government of Nigeria, is conducting an environmental assessment of the impacts of oil spills in Ogoniland, in the Niger Delta, and options for remediation. UNEP’s decision to respond to this request by a member state recognizes the human and environmental tragedy associated with oil contamination in Ogoniland and the fact this needs to be addressed.
The UNEP study represents an unprecedented effort to examine the location, nature and extent and implications of oil contamination in Ogoniland. It is part of a longer term goal to clean up contaminated sites for the benefit of local communities and people living in parts of the Niger Delta and for the region’s sustainable development. The fieldwork by UNEP’s scientific teams collecting samples of water, soil, sediment, air and plant and animal tissue is due to be completed in October 2010, and will be followed by laboratory analysis. As this process of sample collection is still under way no draft or final report currently exists. Once finalized, the report will provide a compilation of all results and present options to the government and all interested parties on the most appropriate measures to clean up the area’s environment. It is due to be presented to the government of Nigeria and interested parties in early 2011. Read more at UNEP
Erik van Erne zegt:
24 augustus 2010 om 07:50 | Permalink
Royal Dutch Shell Exonerated By UN Report, Bought and Paid For By Shell
While the Gulf Coast is just learning about the horrible impacts from oil drilling, the residents of Niger delta have completed a masterclass. For decades, the region has been beset by environmental devastation at the hands of Royal Dutch Shell, which has been harvesting crude oil in the delta while spilling untold amounts. But now a three-year investigation by the United Nations, funded by Shell, has almost entirely exonerated the oil giant from any wrong doing.
The investigation found that only 10 percent of oil pollution in Ogoniland in the Delta has been caused by company negligence. The rest, the report says, comes from damage done by locals performing sabotage and theft. That’s a bit like blaming a starving man for stealing a loaf of bread. Read more at Treehugger