Archives: Incidents
| Date | Company | Accusation | City / Area / Country | Source | Tags | Media |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31/12/1997 | (Dow Chemical) (Shell (Royal Dutch Shell)) (Occidental Petroleum Corporation) | 26, 000 banana workers compensated by chemical companies over sterility and other health defects caused by DBCP use in 1970s - $41 million. | Central America, Africa, Philipinnes, | Los Angeles Times, The New York Times, BANANAS! | Injuries & Diseases | |
| 07/10/2004 | (Dole Food Company) (Chiquita) (Shell (Royal Dutch Shell)) (Dow Chemical) (Fresh Del Monte Produce) | Thousands Banana workers file lawsuit in LA against chemical and fresh produce companies over pesticide use in 1980s causing sterility, testicular atrophy, miscarriages, birth defects, liver damage, and cancer when inhaled or absorbed by the skin. | Costa Rica | ENN - Reuters | Injuries & Diseases | |
| 02/02/2016 | Saipem (Co-owned by Eni) | Court jails six over charges of corruption against Sonatrach, including money laundering, awarding contracts contrary to the law and regulations, and hiking the prices of contracts - Saipem, together with Contel-Funkwerk, also fined $38,000. | Algeria | Reuters | Bribing & Corruption, Fraud | |
| 02/02/2016 | Sonatrach | Court jails six over charges of corruption against Sonatrach, money laundering, awarding contracts contrary to the law and regulations and hiking the prices of contracts. | Algeria | Reuters | Bribing & Corruption, Fraud | |
| 31/05/2010 - 01/01/2010 | Saipem (Co-owned by Eni) | Italian prosecutors allege that Saipem paid intermediaries 197 million euros to bag contracts worth 8 billion euros in early 2010. | Algeria | Reuters | Bribing & Corruption | |
| 17/12/2009 | Eni | WikiLeaks cables reveal allegations that ENI tried to bribe its way into Uganda’s oil fields by making payments through the security minister and ruling party secretary-general. | Uganda | Platform | Bribing & Corruption, Market Fraud & Antitrust | |
| 09/11/2004 | Shell (Royal Dutch Shell) | Governor urges clean up of over 250 oil spills across the state traced to Shell. | Rivers State, Nigeria | allAfrica | Pollution | |
| 09/11/2004 | (Shell (Royal Dutch Shell)) (Eni) | Amnesty documents clean-up failures after oil spills, threats of violence and incidents of violent assaults on local community relating to oil companies. | Niger Delta, Nigeria | Amnesty International | Beatings & Violence, Death Threats, Pollution | |
| 06/03/2009 | Eni | European Commission files formal antitrust charges, believing ENI conspired to keep competitors from using its gas pipelines. | Brussels, Belgium | European Commission | Market Fraud & Antitrust | |
| 14/08/2013 | China National Petroleum | Operations of CNPC's subsidiary in Chad entirely suspended by country’s government after violation of environmental standards. | Chad | Reuters | Fraud, Pollution |