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Courtney Powell
Krystyna Range
Jenecca Williams
Comp
arcus Samuel and family started the foundation of
the Shell Petroleum Inc. in 1892. It is known
around the world as one of North America¶s
leading producers of oil, gas, and
petrochemicals. In 1907, Shell and Royal Dutch
merged together to become The Royal Dutch
Shell Group. Shell Petroleum Inc. is a holding
company that is 60 percent owned by Royal
Dutch Petroleum Company and 40 percent
owned by The Shell Transport and Trading
Company. This company objective was to gain
profits in the automobile industry and compete
with the standard oil company. Shell has come a
long way, it currently has 45,000 service stations
and about 10 million people purchase their fuel
every day.
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] Degradation of environment by processes of natural
gas flaring and oil spills
] operations in Nigeria have contaminated the land
with oil and brought about the devastation of acid
rain to the land.
] Acid rain is defined as the precipitation, as rain, snow
or sleet, containing relatively high concentrations of
acid-forming chemicals that have been released into
the atmosphere and combined with water vapor,
together; it causes a tremendous harm to the
environment (dictionary.com)
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] Natural gas flaring is often generated as a result
of oil production and instead of injecting this gas
back into the ground; Shell routinely burns it off
or ³flares´ it in the fields.
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] A42 million in damages
] Shell enlisted the help of the Nigerian authorities and
the obile Police Unit ³Kill-and-Go ob´
] Continued escalation of violence made it very
difficult for Shell to operate peacefully without
military protection
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] Shell forced Ogoni citizens to live in poverty and
poor health while the Shell Oil Company made
millions.
] Frequency of which the water was contaminated
] Severely under compensated by Shell
] Ogoniland was a site of great wealth and minerals
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] this case centers on a lot of differences in opinion in
not only business operations but in lifestyles, the
Nigerian government and Shell Oil Corporation
against the Ogoni citizens
] those who spoke out against the movement, they
were silenced by jail time or death, a highly unfair
circumstance.
] bouts of civil disturbance brought around a change
and the development of a relationship that allows the
company to continue to operate in peace while still
making their enormous revenues and at the same
time allow the Ogoni citizens to positively benefit and
preserve their land as best they can.
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] The first thing they had to do was attempt to
clean up and restore the land from all of the
degradation the company has caused it.
] Shell Oil Company built oil pipelines through
people¶s farmlands and property that leaked
and caused not only death to the vegetation
but to the surrounding land.
] These large amounts of carbon dioxide
burning in the air can cause serious problems
for younger children and even those with
asthma problems depend on how close and
thick the smoke is
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] Every citizen should be entitled to the basic
necessities in life such as a clean water system
that will not harm them every time they attempt to
drink probably the only source of hydration they
have.