Royal Dutch Shell: Nigeria Colin McMurry and Joshua Sinclair Royal Dutch Shell: Background Information Originally from The Netherlands HQ in UK One of the 6 oil and gas supermajors Worlds largest company Has been in Nigeria since 1937 Disparity in the country 70% of the 160 million people live below the poverty line(1.25 dollars a day) Ogoni tribe in the region have not benefited from the oil found in the region Livelihood is being threatened -land is being destroyed by acid rain -water is polluted due to constant oil leaks and spills -air is polluted through excess release of carbon dioxide via flaring Disparity in the country Pipelines running over agricultural land and villages Shell Nigeria gets 80% of the oil from the delta. They ignore the well being of the local tribes because most of the profit in the country is found there 80% of the government income comes from oil. Effective Strategy? Yes Although few, some locals are employed Provides contracts to local business (for example: Kaztec Engineering was given $84.5 million to build an oil pipeline) Boosted Nigerias economy (GDP) Energy provided in Nigerian homes Effective Strategy? No Locals are often unable to be hired (due to lack of education) Environment is destroyed through Flaring Flaring is when excess/ unwanted oil is burned-off Flaring releases a huge amount of Carbon Dioxide Carbon Dioxide in the air has led to acid rain Acid rain contaminates the land, destroys local agriculture and soil for future farming Effective Strategy? No Ken Saro-Wiwa along with 8 others were executed for expressing their concern for the land that shell was destroying Saro-Wiwa was an environmental-activist who led a nonviolent campaign against environmental-degradation Shell forced the Ogoni tribe to move, and live in poverty so Shell could build more refineries to continue making millions Effective Strategy? No Oil Spills in the Niger Delta are frequent Sometimes due to carelessness of Shell/ around 30% of the time Often linked to sabotage or oil-theft from locals/ around 70% of the time The oil not only contaminates the water and destroys fishermens jobs but also will contaminate the land along the coast and will affect subsistence farmers Video Clip Niger Delta- envir pollution https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3A-tLtqM8YU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejym4mKelhM Bibliography -"Nigeria Case Study." General Paper JasbirKoh. N.p., n.d. Web. 10 Dec "Factsheet: The Case Against Shell." Center for Constitution RSS. N.p., n.d. Web. 10 Dec "Oil: The Curse of the Ogoni." Oil: The Curse of the Ogoni. N.p., n.d. Web. 09 Dec "Factsheet: The Case Against Shell." Center for Constitution RSS. N.p., n.d. Web. 10 Dec "Oil Spill Data." - Nigeria. N.p., n.d. Web. 09 Dec