Archive for the 'violence' Category
Oil “Dominating” Iraqi Election Campaign
0 Comments Published by Andy Rowell March 2nd, 2010 in Iraq, Iraq Oil Law, Middle East, War, violenceSo seven years later it will come down to this weekend. Whether President Obama can withdraw all American combat troops from Iraq by August will be decided by the Iraqi elections this weekend.
If the election passes off peacefully, American soldiers will probably go home on schedule. But if there is a repeat of the sectarian [...]
Shell Employees Attack its “Repugnant” Behaviour in Nigeria
0 Comments Published by Andy Rowell February 15th, 2010 in African Oil, Nigeria, violenceHaving written about Shell in Nigeria for over fifteen years, we have known that there was huge internal disquiet about the company’s operations in the country.
In the aftermath of the murder of Nigerian writer Ken Saro-Wiwa in 1995, Shell was pilloried in the international press for being complicit in his death and for being an [...]
As violence starts again, Shell off-loads Nigerian assets
0 Comments Published by Andy Rowell February 1st, 2010 in African Oil, Nigeria, War, violenceThings are hotting up in the Niger Delta again and once again Shell finds itself at the centre of the vortex of violence and conflict.
On Saturday the company had to shut three oil flow stations in the Delta region after a pipeline was sabotaged by armed gun-men.
It was the same day as Nigeria’s militant group [...]
Nigeria: MEND Dismiss Chinese Oil Bidders as “Locusts”
0 Comments Published by Andy Rowell September 30th, 2009 in African Oil, China, Nigeria, protests, violenceYesterday, the Financial Times rocked the oil world with a story about how the Chinese state-owned oil company, CNOC, was in talks with the Nigerian Government to buy large stakes in some of the country’s key oil blocks.
The story was so compelling, because if it is accurate, it puts the Chinese in direct competition with [...]
Burma’s $5 Billion Blood Money
0 Comments Published by Andy Rowell September 10th, 2009 in Asian oil and gas, human rights, protests, violenceA major two- year investigation by EarthRights International has found further, compelling evidence linking oil giants Total and Chevron to forced labour, killings, and high-level corruption in Burma.
The important report, called Total Impact, documents how Total and Chevron’s highly controversial Yadana gas project has generated just under $5 billion for the ruthless military junta in [...]
