by Agence France Presse July 6, 2009 LAGOS – Nigerian militants said Monday they destroyed a Chevron oil pipeline junction in the latest attack on Nigeria’s key money earner since the government offered an amnesty. The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) said it attacked the Okan manifold late Sunday.

by Jason Leopold July 3, 2009 Two years before the invasion of Iraq, oil executives and foreign policy advisers told the Bush administration that the United States would remain “a prisoner of its energy dilemma” as long as Saddam Hussein was in power.

By Nicole Johnston June 30, 2009 With proven oil reserves of around 112 billion barrels and up to another 150 billion barrels of probable reserves, Iraq is the greatest untapped prize for international oil companies.

Documents seen by The IoS support claims energy giant enlisted help of country’s military government By Andy Rowell June 14, 2009 Serious questions over Shell Oil’s alleged involvement in human rights abuses in Nigeria emerged last night after confidential internal documents and court statements revealed how the energy giant enlisted the help of the country’s brutal former military [...]

By JAD MOUAWAD June 8, 2009 Royal Dutch Shell, the big oil company, agreed to pay $15.5 million to settle a case accusing it of taking part in human rights abuses in the Niger Delta in the early 1990s, a striking sum given that the company has denied any wrongdoing.

Por Staff Writer 20 de Mayo El principal grupo rebelde en Nigeria, el Movimiento para la Emancipación del Delta del Níger, ha ordenado un bloqueo a las principales vías de transporte por agua para los buques de petróleo en el delta del Níger con el fin de poner fin a las exportaciones de petróleo en la rica [...]