The London-based environmental group Platform was the first group to analyse the oil contracts in Iraq called Production Sharing Agreements (PSAs), which gave lucrative terms to the international oil companies.
Now they have turned their attention to the rapidly expanding oil scene in Central Africa in Uganda.
Uganda is said to be sitting on the largest onshore [...]

Yesterday it was internal criticism of Shell’s Nigerian operations. Today it is external criticism.
A new report by the Ecumenical Council for Corporate Responsibility (ECCR) argues that Shell can improve its negative social and environmental impacts in the Niger Delta.
Based on case studies researched and written by five civil society organisations working in the Niger Delta, [...]

Shell is facing the humiliation of having to reduce its workforce by 5000 as part of a radical cost-cutting drive due to the falling oil price.
As the oil giant’s profits had plummeted an amazing 73 per cent, Peter Voser, the chief executive, said “the outlook remains very uncertain, and we are not expecting a quick [...]

When Peter Voser (on the right of the photo) takes the helm of the oil giant Shell on Wednesday, he might just start beginning to wonder what a complete mess he has inherited from his predecessor, van der Veer (he’s on the left).
This mess is graphically illustrated in a 32 page devastating critique of van [...]

When Peter Voser takes control at Shell next week from his predecessor Jeroen van der Veer, he will have a bursting in-tray that includes one persistent problem for Shell: Nigeria.
Here the oil giant faces a myriad of problems including continuing community unrest, militant attacks and what to do about gas flaring.