Shell to pay compensation for Niger Delta oil spill: Dutch Court
After a thirteen year long legal tussle, a Dutch court on Friday ordered multinational oil giant Shell to pay compensation in a case brought by four Nigerian farmers who accused the company of pollution on their land.
The appeal court in the Hague ruled that Shell’s Nigerian subsidiary will pay for the damage wrought in the Niger Delta by its oil spills.
While compensation and the amount of damages to be paid to the farmers have not been determined, parent company Royal Dutch Shell has also been held liable, and is tasked with installing new pipeline equipment to prevent future spills in the Niger Delta region.
“Shell Nigeria is sentenced to compensate farmers for damages,” the court said. “In the Uruma cases Shell Nigeria and Royal Dutch Shell are ordered to equip the pipeline with a leak detection system so that environmental damage can be limited in the future.”
Shell was first taken to court in 2008 over pollution in the Goi, Oruma and Ikot Ada Udo villages located in the South East, their case was backed by the Dutch arm of environmental group, Friends of the Earth.
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