Shell compensates Nigerians over 'devastating' oil spills

Last Updated: Wednesday, January 7, 2015, 20:07

Royal Dutch Shell is to pay more than $80 million to a Nigerian fishing community "devastated" by two serious oil spills in 2008, it was announced Wednesday, while the clean-up could take years.

Shell strikes Nigerian oil spills compensation deal

Last Updated: Wednesday, January 7, 2015, 07:09

Royal Dutch Shell has agreed a multi-million-dollar settlement to compensate 15,600 Nigerian fishermen over two serious oil spills in 2008 after a three-year legal battle, both parties announced Wednesday.

SC refuses relief to controversial US ship

Last Updated: Monday, May 14, 2012, 16:04

The Supreme Court on Monday refused to grant controversial US ship Oriental Nicety, earlier known as `Exxon Valdez`, an immediate permission to anchor off the Gujarat coast.

Now, ‘microsubmarines’ to help clean up oil spills

Last Updated: Thursday, May 3, 2012, 18:14

Scientists have designed and successful tested the first self-propelled “microsubmarines” that can pick up droplets of oil from contaminated waters and transport them to collection facilities.

New nanosponge can clean seas of oil spills

Last Updated: Tuesday, April 17, 2012, 13:15

US scientists have innovated a nanosponge that can sweep the seas clean of oil spills and minimise ecological damage to marine life.

Water floating on oil can clean oil spills

Last Updated: Thursday, April 5, 2012, 19:42

Scientists have stumbled upon a discovery that challenges conventional wisdom -- water can sometimes float on oil, offering a potential solution to cleaning up of oil spills.