Archives: Incidents
| Date | Company | Accusation | City / Area / Country | Source | Tags | Media |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 08/12/2010 | Shell (Royal Dutch Shell) | Wikileaks US diplomatic cables: Shell claims to have inserted staff in all main ministries in Nigeria knowing "everything that was being done," and swapping intelligence with the US. | Nigeria | The Guardian | Bribing & Corruption, Lobbying | |
| 01/02/2002 | BP (Beyond Petroleum) | Alleged involvement of BP in kidnapping, murder and torture of suspected pipeline activists. | Casanare, Colombia | The Guardian | Abduction & Kidnap, Deaths, Injuries & Diseases, Killings, Torture | |
| 15/01/2016 | TOFCO (Supplier Of BP (Beyond Petroleum)) | Workers protest over health and safety issues during construction of BP's platform. | Trinidad and Tobago | Newsday | Occupational Hazard | |
| 31/05/2011 | (Supplier Of Raízen) (Part Of Cosan) (Part Of Shell (Royal Dutch Shell)) | Raízen's supplier, who's land belongs to native tribe, issued death threat to political rival. | Brazil | Survival International | Death Threats, Land Appropriation | |
| 31/12/1989 - 01/01/1970 | (Shell (Royal Dutch Shell)) (Dole Food Company) (Chiquita) (Dow Chemical) | Former Latin American banana laborers in companies such as Chiquita and Dole face sterilization and other health side-effects caused by exposure to pesticide DBCP produced by Shell and Dow. | Latin America | Independent | Injuries & Diseases | |
| 31/12/2010 - 01/01/2009 | (TOTAL) (Shell (Royal Dutch Shell)) (BP (Beyond Petroleum)) (Maersk) (Talisman Energy) | Documents reveal serious spills of oil and gas occurring at the rate of one a week from 5 oil companies operating in the North Sea. | North Sea | The Guardian | Pollution | |
| 04/08/2011 | Shell (Royal Dutch Shell) | Two-year UN environmental study finds massive environmental disaster in Nigeria related to oil industry dating back 50 years; extensive pollution of soil and groundwater contaminating community wells; severe damage to vegetation; wetlands and creeks are coated with floating oil destroying the fish habitat; and air polluted with benzene detected in all air samples. 'Community members at Ogale are drinking water from wells that is contaminated with benzene, a known carcinogen, at levels over 900 times above the World Health Organization (WHO) guideline.' | Ogoni, Nigeria | United Nations Environmental Programme | Injuries & Diseases, Pollution | |
| 21/06/2011 | (Shell (Royal Dutch Shell)) (BP (Beyond Petroleum)) | Residents of an Illinois town file toxic tort lawsuit against oil companies for groundwater contamination. | Roxana, Illinois, United States | About Lawsuits | Pollution | |
| 27/09/2011 | (ConocoPhillips) (Shell (Royal Dutch Shell)) (BP (Beyond Petroleum)) (URS Corporation) | Man who grew up near oil refinery files lawsuit to oil companies alleging that he developed leukemia from benzene exposure caused by repeated toxic releases. | Roxanna, Illinois, US | About Lawsuits | Injuries & Diseases | |
| 31/12/2010 - 01/01/2000 | Shell (Royal Dutch Shell) | Field study accuses Shell of fueling death and violence in Nigeria by paying rival militant gangs. | Nigeria | Platform | Beatings & Violence, Deaths |