Two Shell oil and four government emergency workers kidnapped in Nigeria's restive oil-rich south in two separate attacks last week have been freed, police said Wednesday.

Samsung Heavy Industries Nigeria Limited (SHIN) and Shell companies in Nigeria have been honoured by Nigerian Oil and Gas Opportunity Fair (NOGOF) for outstanding performance in content development. The fair, in its second edition, was organised by the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB). While SHIN was recognised for its contributions to local content…

The National Assembly has called on Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) to comply with the resolution of the Senate and pay oil-producing communities in the Niger Delta N6.9 billion. The amount is for accumulated rentals, expired leases, judgment debts and discriminatory payments for land re-acquisition and rentals in the Niger Delta. This was sequel to…

Thirty engineering graduates have been inducted to the fifth batch of the Shell Nigeria internship programme, a four-year old scheme designed to help young graduate engineers upscale their skills in readiness for employment in the energy sector. The internship programme, run in collaboration with the Petroleum Technology Association of Nigeria (PETAN), places the interns with…

The Ogoni people of Rivers State have resorted to dialogue with the Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) for resumption of oil exploration. They also sought the relocation of the headquarters of Hydrocarbon Pollution Remediation Project (HYPREP) from Port Harcourt to their area. The decisions were reached yesterday during the Ogoni General Assembly meeting organised by…

Energy giant Royal Dutch Shell on Thursday said its net profit surged 80 percent to $23.4 billion in 2018, thanks to higher oil prices and cost cuts.

Twenty-two members of the academia from 12 Nigerian universities have begun research attachments at The Shell Petroleum Development Companies of Nigeria (SPDC), in several fields of study in the latest phase of the sabbatical and internship programme of the SPDC Joint Venture introduced in 1980. The number represents 13 percent increase from the outgoing 19…

An Italian judge, Giusy Barbara yesterday said oil groups Eni and Royal Dutch Shell were fully aware that their purchase of a Nigerian oilfield in 2011...

Environmental experts have called for the expulsion or exclusion of Shell, which they described as a big polluter in the Niger Delta, from the United Nations (UN) 24th Conference of the Parties (COP24) climate talks in Paris, France. In a statement issued in Calabar, Cross River State, they expressed concern that the alleged climate -unfriendly…

The Federal Government yesterday filed a $1.1 billion lawsuit against Royal Dutch Shell and Eni at a commercial court in London, United Kingdom in connection with a 2011 oilfield deal.

A Port Harcourt High Court has sentenced the Managing Director of Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC), Osagie Okunbor, and two others to three months in prison with hard labour. Those sentenced to prison alongside the SPDC boss in contempt proceedings are, Company Secretary and Head of Legal, Nike Oyinlola, as well as Deputy Country Head…

The managing director of Shell Petroleum Development Company, Mr Osagie Okunbor, and two others have been sentenced to three months in prison with hard labour by a Port Harcourt High Court. Others also sentenced to three months in prison with hard labour in contempt proceedings were Shell's secretary and head of legal, Nike Oyinlola and…