Shell pipeline on fire in Nigeria after protests

Source: Business Day (Nigeria)

July 17th, 2007

An oil pipeline feeding Shell’s Bonny export terminal in the Niger Delta is burning in six separate places but there is no impact on production, a company spokesman said yesterday. ~snip~

"Production has been continuing but a little bit of oil has been pouring out from the six holes that have been drilled in the pipeline and burning off," he said.

Local rights group the Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People (MOSOP) called for the closure of the pipeline, which had been attacked twice in May by protesters in the same area, forcing Shell to halt up to 170,000 barrels per day.

MOSOP said the pipeline fires were started by local youths angry with the company over what they said were unfulfilled promises of jobs and benefits.



Read more: http://www.businessdayonline.com/?c=132&a=14783

Some links:

http://www.stanford.edu/group/SICD/Shell/shell.html

http://www.humanrightsnow.org/

http://www.earthrights.org/legalpr/lawsuit_against_shell_for_human_rights_violations_in_nigeria_to_proceed.html



However, am thinking this fire will give rise to pump prices once again.

to marginalize the people of the Nigerian Delta in their quest for profit and influence.

The Delta natives are so amazingly poor. I can only support the MEND in their efforts.

Read up on it's history.

Mainly because of what I read about their activities in Nigeria.