LAGOS, Nigeria — Oil giant Shell is "blatantly false" when it claims it is cleaning up spills that continue to destroy the livelihoods of hundreds of thousands of Nigerians, Amnesty International said Tuesday. A new report quotes one contractor as saying his clean-up was "a cover-up" that involved simply turning over earth to let spilled oil dry
Amnesty International: Shell Oil’s Claims Of Cleaning Up Oil Spills That Impacted Hundreds Of Thousands Of Nigerians Are False
Seven years ago there were two large spills here. Thousands of barrels of crude oil gushed out from a Shell-owned pipeline, which the company later admitted was old, hazardous and poorly maintained. In both cases it took the company more than 10 weeks to plug the leak. Shell has still not started the clean-up.