Archives: Incidents
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| Date | Company | Accusation | City / Area / Country | Source | Tags | Media |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01/01/1993 - 01/01/1967 | Texaco (Subsidiary of Chevron) | Allegations that 'Lago Agrio oil field' operations polluted rainforests and rivers, resulting in serious damages to environment and health of locals. | Ecuador and Peru | Business & Human Rights Resource Center | Injuries & Diseases, Pollution | |
| 01/04/2007 | BP (Beyond Petroleum) | 143 workers claim injury over release of toxic substance at refinery - ~$100 million in punitive damages, later reduced to less than $500,000. | Texas City, TX, United States | The New York Times | Injuries & Diseases, Occupational Hazard | |
| 10/11/1995 - 01/05/1993 | Shell (Royal Dutch Shell) | Confidential internal documents reveal that Shell provided logistical support to Nigerian police and military, aided security sweeps, and enlisted the assistance of Nigeria's brutal military government to deal with protesters fueling death and violence. | Ogoni, Rivers, Nigeria | Independent | Beatings & Violence, Deaths, Injuries & Diseases, Lobbying, Oppressive Regimes | |
| 30/06/2009 | Shell (Royal Dutch Shell) | Few, if any, adequate protective measures have been taken by Shell resulting to environmental pollution, and in several cases devastating consequences for human rights says Amnesty; not properly maintained pipelines; release of waste in the environment; failure to remediate and clean-up oil contaminated land and water; devastating consequences for human rights. | Niger Delta, Nigeria | Amnesty International, (2) | Injuries & Diseases, Pollution | |
| 26/04/2010 | Shell (Royal Dutch Shell) | Shell establishes new gas flare facility generating up to 50 million tons of CO2 and quantities of far more damaging methane, polluting the atmosphere and soil with toxins, and seeding the clouds with acid rain. | Bayelsa, Nigeria | Independent | Climate Change, Injuries & Diseases | |
| 23/03/2005 | BP (Beyond Petroleum) | Series of explosions at BP Texas City refinery - 15 workers killed, 180 injured; reports identified numerous technical and organisational failings at the refinery and within corporate BP; criminal and civil charges - $373m. | Texas City, TX | CSB | Deaths, Injuries & Diseases, Occupational Hazard | |
| 11/12/2005 | (TOTAL) (British Pipeline Agency) (BP (Beyond Petroleum)) (Shell (Royal Dutch Shell)) (TAV Engineering) (Motherwell Control Systems) (Hertfordshire Oil Storage Ltd) | Massive explosion at oil depot measuring 2.4 on the Richter scale injures 43 people, destroys homes and businesses and with yet unknown environmental damage that could last for decades. Firms involved fined almost 10£ million. | Buncefield Terminal, Hemel Hempstead, United Kingdom | BBC | Injuries & Diseases, Occupational Hazard, Pollution | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 |