Date | Company | Accusation | City / Area / Country | Source | Tags | Media |
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01/03/2016 | Shell (Royal Dutch Shell) | Two new legal cases launched against the oil giant Shell over damage caused to the environment in Nigeria from repeated large scale oil spills. | Ogoni, Rivers, Nigeria | Leigh Day | Negligence, Pollution | |
31/12/2014 - 01/01/2014 | Shell (Royal Dutch Shell) | Shell reported 204 Niger Delta oil spills in 2014. | Niger Delta, Rivers, Nigeria | Amnesty International | Negligence, Pollution | |
23/09/2012 | Shell (Royal Dutch Shell) | After four year delay, Shell still has not cleaned up pollution caused by its two massive oil spills in two populated areas. | Bodo & Gokana, Nigeria | The Guardian | Negligence, Pollution | |
12/01/2009 | Shell (Royal Dutch Shell) | Shell's gas flaring practices have not stopped, even past the 2008 December deadline posed by the Nigerian government, NGO says. | Nigeria | Friends of the Earth | Negligence, Pollution | |
01/02/2007 | Infineum (Co-owned by Shell (Royal Dutch Shell)) | Use and distribution of new chemical in commercial auto products for several years before the chemical had undergone a required review. Civil penalty - $950,000. | Linden, NJ, United States | US Environmental Protection Agency, (2) | Fraud, Negligence | |
31/07/2006 - 01/07/2006 | Shell (Royal Dutch Shell) | Shell fined for selling and distributing unregistered pesticide - $26,000. | Las Vegas, NV, United States | US Environmental Protection Agency | Fraud, Negligence | |
30/06/2006 - 01/06/2006 | Motiva Enterprises (Co-owned by Shell (Royal Dutch Shell)) | Vapor storage tanks - controlling gasoline vapors - improperly maintained and leaking VOC-containing vapors. Fine - $75,000. | Bridgeport, CT, United States | US Environmental Protection Agency | Negligence, Pollution | |
25/02/2006 | Shell (Royal Dutch Shell) | Shell ordered to pay damages for pollution; degradation of creeks; spoiling of crops and fishing - $1.5 billion. | Bayelsa, Nigeria | The Guardian | Negligence, Pollution | |
16/02/2005 | (Shell (Royal Dutch Shell)) | Service stations operating in 1990s released large amounts of gasoline containing MTBE - potential carcinogen - nearby water wells, significantly contributing to Charnock Sub-basin drinking water problem. Replacing Santa Monica drinking water $3 million/year & $1.5 million investigation costs & cleanup costs over $200 million. | Santa Monica, CA, United States | US Environmental Protection Agency, (2) | Negligence, Pollution | |
13/12/2004 | Sapref (Co-owned by Shell (Royal Dutch Shell)) | Toxic gases such as sulphur dioxide, nitrous oxides and benzene coming from refineries poisons air, and cause high incidence of cancer and respiratory ailments among residents, NGO says. | Dourban South Africa | BBC | Injuries & Diseases, Negligence, Pollution | |
21/06/2004 | (Shell (Royal Dutch Shell)) | Companies failed to review and update risk management plans for storage of hazardous chemicals - $2,000. | Guam | US Environmental Protection Agency | Negligence, Occupational Hazard | |
11/09/2003 | Shell (Royal Dutch Shell) | 2 workers dead in massive gas escape on Brent Bravo platform. Shell admitted breaching three health and safety regulations - £900.000. | North Sea | BBC | Deaths, Negligence, Occupational Hazard | |
01/01/2002 - 01/01/1980 | (Shell (Royal Dutch Shell)) | BASF and Shell to pay compensation for health treatment to 1,068 former workers after prolonged exposure to toxic chemicals at pesticide plant. Labor prosecutors say chemical contamination killed 60 workers - $316 million. | São Paulo - State of São Paulo, Brazil | Reuters | Deaths, Injuries & Diseases, Negligence | |
12/11/2001 | Shell (Royal Dutch Shell) | Unacceptable levels of at least one metal or pesticide were found in 156 out of an 181 resident sample's bloodstream living near Shell factory caused by over 20 year pesticide exposure; 88 suffer chronic contamination; 59 suffered from thyroid or liver tumors - says state's health watchdog. | São Paulo, Brazil | Planetark, Reuters | Injuries & Diseases, Negligence | |
17/07/2001 | Motiva Enterprises (Co-owned by Shell (Royal Dutch Shell)) | Leaking and corroded tank -unfit for use - explodes; one worker killed, many others injured; approximately 99,000 gallons of spent sulfuric acid spilled into Delaware river for days; thousands of dead fish and crabs; sulfuric acid released into the air. Criminal fines - $10 million. | Delaware City, DE, United States | US Environmental Protection Agency | Deaths, Injuries & Diseases, Negligence, Pollution | |
03/05/2001 | Shell (Royal Dutch Shell) | Oil spill in Ogoniland - Shell says 14 of its abandoned oil wells in Nigeria could abruptly blow up. | Ogoni, Nigeria | BBC | Negligence, Pollution | |
10/06/1999 | (Shell (Royal Dutch Shell)) | Ill-maintained pipeline ruptures and releases over 230,000 gallons of gasoline and ignites - 3 people killed, including two ten-year-old boys; over 9 injured; home destroyed; resulting fire killed over 100,000 fish and other aquatic organisms; massive environmental damage on creeks and soil. Civil and criminal penalties on Shell and Olympic - $92 million. | Bellingham, WA, United States | US Environmental Protection Agency | Deaths, Injuries & Diseases, Negligence, Pollution | |
09/09/1998 - 01/01/1917 | Shell (Royal Dutch Shell) | EPA cites hundreds of environmental violations at Shell's Wood River oil refinery located on the banks of the national heritage Mississippi River; excess levels of SO2 & SO air emissions, benzene; 'violations of solid waste labeling, reporting, and manifesting requirements, untimely reporting of emissions of extremely hazardous substances such as ammonia and chlorine'. Civil penalties - $1.5 million + $10 million in environmental projects. | Roxanna, MO, United States | US Environmental Protection Agency | Fraud, Negligence, Pollution | |
18/07/1997 | Shell (Royal Dutch Shell) | Shell service station's underground storage tanks affecting water supply wells. Penalty - $30,000. | Ridgewood, NJ, United States | US Environmental Protection Agency | Negligence, Pollution | |
07/11/1996 | (Shell (Royal Dutch Shell)) | Four companies fined for violations underground fuel storage tank regulations including: inadequate inventory control, failure to conduct manual tank gauging, and failure to report and confirm suspected releases - $2,150. | Arizona, United States | US Environmental Protection Agency | Negligence, Pollution |