• Shell's oil production in Nigeria, particularly in the Niger Delta, has led to severe environmental consequences.
• Destruction of wildlife and biodiversity.→ 2 million sq m
• Loss of fertile soil.
• Pollution of air and drinking water → AQI reading 300
• Degradation of farmland and damage to aquatic ecosystems.
• Nigeria's export of 12 million barrels of oil a day comes from 12% of the country's land.
• Crisis concentrated in southwestern oil-producing areas: Niger Rivers, Cross River, and Niger Delta.
• Environmental damage caused by oil spills, waste dumping, burning excess gases, pipeline leaks, blowouts, and gas-flaring operations.
• Shell's operations include offshore rigs (16) and oil port facilities damaging tropical rainforest and mangrove vegetation → Atlantic Ocean, at Slave Coast
• Accusations against Shell include engaging in ecological disturbances: explosions from seismic surveys, pipeline leaks, blowouts, drilling fluids, refinery effluents, and land alienation.
• Soil contamination renders it unsuitable for plant growth due to reduced nutrient availability or increased toxic contents.
• Gas flaring associated with reduced crop yield, disrupted plant growth, and wildlife disturbances in nearby farms and vicinity.