We reproduce another round of correspondence between Shell Nigeria Exploration and production company(SNEPCO) and the Nigerian maritime Administration and safety Agency.(NIMASA)NIMASA/MEM/PC/370/110th September, 2012The Managing DirectorShell Exploration & production Company21/22 Marina Lagos.RE: SHELL NIGERIA EXPLORATION AND PRODUCTION COMPANY(SNEPCO) BONGA OIL SPILL OF 20TH DEC.2011.We write with respect to the oil spill incident of 20th December 2011

NOSDRA/OFA/131/VOL.V1/41225th march 2015 The Managing DirectorShell Nigeria Exploration and production company(SNEPCO)Freeman House, 21/22 PMB 2418, Marina lagos. RE: NOTIFICATION OF SANCTION IN RESPECT OF THE BONGA OIL SPILL.Please refer to your letter Ref.NO SNEPCO-LEG-2014-0012L dated 30th December,2014 in response to our Notification of Sanction in respect of the Bonga oil spill dated 19th December, 2014.(2)

A NOTIFICATION OF SANCTION IN RESPECT OF THE BONGA OIL SPILL.Please recall the oil spill incident at your company’s Bonga oil field on the 20th Dec. 2011 wherein not less than 40,000 barrels of crude oil was spilled into the marine Environment as a result of equipment failure resulting from snapped loading hose underwater while

THE GROUP VERSIONIn the morning of Dec. 20th 2011, one of the three export risers (“Riser”3) that linked the Bonga FPSO to an intermediate loading Bouy, (the SPM) located approximately 1 nautical mile from the Bonga FPSO, failed.As a result of this failure approximately 40,000 Barrels of Bonga light crude were spilled. SNEPCO acted Promptly

This series will focus on the Shell’s group Exploration and Production activities in the Niger- Delta Spanning over six decades and its devastating effects on the Environment of their host communities.The Royal Dutch Shell group was granted Exploration License in 1938 to Prospect for oil throughout Nigeria. In the Shell’s group sustainability report of 2017

COASTAL SHORELINE COMMUNITIES AND INDIVIDUAL VICTIMS VERSION OF THE DEC. 20TH 2011 BONGA OIL SPILL. They contended that the Shell group in accordance with good Practice as set out in the international safety guide for oil Tankers and Terminals (ISGOTT) would have the following-:(a) The loading process should have been carefully monitored by the shell

Our focus on today’s edition is how the Bonga oil spill of Dec. 20th 2011 incident occurred.THE SHELL GROUP VERSIONShell Nigeria Exploration and production company ( SNEPCO ) admitted that an oil spill occurred on or around 20th December 2011 from their Bonga floating production storage and offloading unit ( the ”Bonga FPSO”) The Bonga

The Bonga facility Operated by Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company(SNEPCO) began first operation in 2005. The Bonga field is an oil field in Nigeria located in License block OPL 212 off the Nigerian coast, which was renamed OML 118 in February 2000.The Field covers approximately 120 km in an average water depth of 1000

THE ROLE OF THE DEPARTMENT OF PETROLEUM RESOURCES (DPR)The statutory roles and functions of the Department of Petroleum Resources as enshrined in the petroleum Act 1969 ( Drilling and production) section 25, as Amended, the Hon. Minister of Petroleum Resources issued environmental guidelines and standards for the petroleum industry in Nigeria(EGASPIN) in 1991 which was

Oil spill victims under the aegis of Oil Spill Victims Vanguard (OSPIVV) have ​filed a lawsuit in the United Kingdom against Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company (SNEPCO), a subsidiary of the Royal-Dutch Shell Plc​.They are demanding $3,600,191,206 compensation to 168,000 persons and 350 communities affected by the December 20, 2011 spill from its Bonga